[openstreetmap-website] Official Road Routing via multiple providers (#381)

[Peter]

Sure, but again:

 * Where do I (and others) need to apply?
 * When implementing something like this is a pure JavaScript solution possible? 

When you think about it more closely there are a lot more questions: What does 'implementing' mean? What will the community accept? Just forwarding start and end GPS coordinates to the routing machine? Or do I need to provide support multiple points from the beginning, drag and drop, async nominatim support, ... ?

Of course, I could just start implementing but without knowing the details this could mean wasting everyones time which isn't good.

What I suggest:

 * Accept a JavaScript only solution
 * I could start implementing a basic routing API which supports OSRM and GraphHopper and offers async nominatim resolution.
 * You could easily setup a proxy or even a rails layer to intercept+rewrite the calls and use an internal or external routing service, whatever you prefer.

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