[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap routing service

[Bjørn Bürger]

Lambertus wrote:
> Your suggestions are great, it would be nice to be able to classify ways 
> with properties like e.g. nice scenery, low traffic, smooth surface, 
> etc. 

Yes, something like that. The user interface could probably
have some kind of switch or slider:

[====================----------------------------------------------]
slow/scenery/holiday         commute/fast      race/ignore_all_rules

;-)

> Also allowing to choose if you want to take ferry's into account

definitely

> when calculating a route as well as public transport would be awsome. 

I  don't know if this will be even remotely possible, but that
would be some kind of an killer application.

Deutsche Bahn AG already does something like a "light" version of that
with its "Mobility Check", a comparison between car and train for a
selected relation. But it comes along with horrible maps, a crude
interface and it reflects only the decision "train vs. car"

OSM based services will do better. It is only a matter of time :-)

> Bjoern Buerger wrote:
>  > Example: 
>  > [...]

Uh, something went wrong with those links in the original mail.
The correct links would be:

<http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/~lambertus/routing-world/?flat=52.279548&flon=10.522491&tlat=52.159495&tlon=9.949756&v=bicycle&fast=1>

... and for Braunschweig - Kassel:
<http://tile.openstreetmap.nl/~lambertus/routing-world/?flat=52.264294&flon=10.525125&tlat=51.309266&tlon=9.477017&v=motorcar&fast=1>

Greetings,
Bjørn