[Talk-ca] App for mapping running/cycling itineraries/routing

[Yves Moisan]

Hi Folks,

I'm looking for an app that would let me map running/cycling routes 
using OSM data.  I've looked at the OSM page on routing and found 
Cloumade's site (1) which is quite interesting and usable but has 
limited functionality IMO.

What I'd be interested in as a first step is the ability to add vertices 
in the route.  Currently, all one can do is add points at the end of the 
route so the only way to "insert" a point within a route is to delete 
all points from the end of the route backwards. Also -- and this is 
where maybe the cycling map would be useful -- I would very much like to 
have an altitudinal cross section of a route, either at fixed distance 
intervals or at slope changes (lows and highs) or both.  I'm not sure 
how z data is stored in OSM (if at all).  If not, then maybe in an app 
one could select points where one knows the altitude (without 
necessarily uploading the data to OSM per se).  If yes then adding 
precision to interpolated altitudes with one's own data would be useful.

Is there someting along those lines somewhere ?  If not, what do OSM'ers 
do to start new projects ?  GitHub ?

TIA,

YvesM

(1) maps.cloudmade.com