[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap routing service

[elvin ibbotson]

Another excellent routing service!

A question:
Is there an API? Is it possible to query the routing engine  
programmatically?
(I would like to be able to send a query from my mom application  
running in Java ME on a mobile phone.)

elvin

> From: "Lambertus" <osm at na1400.info>
> Date: 6 September 2008 16:06:28 BDT
> To: <routing at openstreetmap.org>, <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: [OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap routing service
> Reply-To: Lambertus <osm at na1400.info>
>
>
> A few hours ago a new version of the OpenStreetMap Routing Service  
> has come
> online. I think is has evolved enough to go public 'officially'...
>
> The (yet another, I know) OpenStreetMap Routing Service is linking  
> together
> off-the-shelf software such as Gosmore routing engine, Gazetteer  
> namefinder
> service, Route altitude profiler, Potlatch online editor and  
> OpenLayers
> framework.
>
> This version includes some UI bugfixes for leftover markers and marker
> placement 'lag'. There's also better support for Internet Explorer,  
> usage of
> the available display area and help text (still rudimentary).
>
> New in this version is the 'Edit map' button which is particulary  
> useful
> when testing and debugging the OSM way- and routedata (e.g.  
> restrictions,
> oneway streets and disconnected intersections). Once you've spotted  
> an error
> you can click this button and the online 'Potlatch' map editor will be
> opened in a new window containing the current map view.
>
> Although this service supports routing throughout Europe, Asia,  
> Africa and
> Oceania, routing in the America's (North and South) is currently not
> possible. The North American data is so massive that it needs a  
> 64bit server
> for the routing engine (Gosmore), currently the sponsored server  
> runs a
> 32bit OS. I hope to work around this problem by splitting America  
> into three
> areas (Northeast, Northwest and South) but - unfortunately - this will
> prohibit routing from one area to another.
>
> I hope this effort in collecting readily available software will be  
> useful
> in validating/improving the data, inspire further software  
> developement and
> attract new contributors. Please give it a try and tell me what you  
> think:
>
> http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/~lambertus/routing-world




-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/attachments/20080908/e71ad097/attachment.html>