[Routing] http://www.openrouteservice.org

[Pascal Neis]

Hi,
I want to tell that I develop a new OSM-Routing application as a Web-service and website.

A first version for complete Germany (over 1,4 million street segements) just went online
in a
very first prototype version at: http://www.openrouteservice.org

The interesting thing is that it uses both free and open OSM street data and also
an "open" international standard for the routing API. It is the Open Location Services
Route Service Specification of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).

It also supports "avoidareas" which are regions that shall be avoided by the routing
algorithm.
Possible usage scenarios include disasters, traffic jams, construction works etc.

At the moment the first version of the interactive Website is online, but the idea is to
publish also the
URL for the web-service itself, so that it can be used as OGC Web Service using a
standardised
OpenLS XML-Request. This would allow to use the service easily - and in an interoperable
way
 in your own applcaitions. Some more information on this idea can be found in our
publications: see
at http://www.openrouteservice.org -> Info.

Of course we plan to integrate other countries, too, but first we need to improve the
application,
adding data then is easy. As we have implemented a range of further OGC OpenLS core
services.
in the next days further functionalities and services will be added, such as a OGC
Geocoder
(OpenLS Location Utility Service Specification) using OSM Data ...

best whishes
   pascal

http://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/karto/