[OSM-talk] GSoC 2012 - Regarding CycleStreets Projects

[Chris Fleming]

 From the sounds of this tweet: 
https://twitter.com/#!/cyclestreets/status/183262141237833728

It looks like Cyclestreets are very close to opening up their source code.

Cheers
Chris

On 23/03/12 07:50, Graham Jones wrote:
>
> Pryanka,
> If you have not heard from the author of cyclestreets, it would be 
> worth looking at other OSM routers which are open source.  Search our 
> wiki for routers or routing.  You should find things like gosmore and 
> osrm.
> You coold experiment with them to see how they do with cycling or 
> walking routing.   There was a gsoc project a couple of years ago to 
> calculate the 'hilliness' of routes - you could look at including that 
> into the routing algorithm too?   You will have to remember that some 
> people will want to go over hills and others avoid them.
> The surface of tracks could also be a good parameter for cycle routing 
> if existing routers so not use this.
>
> Just a few thoughts so you can work up a gsoc proposal if cyclestreets 
> does not get back to you,  or if you would prefer to work on a 
> different route calculator.
>
> Graham
>
> from my phone
>
>> On 23 Mar 2012 06:17, "Priyanka" <priyanka.menghani at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:priyanka.menghani at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Graham :-)
>>
>> If the mentors of the Cyle Streets projects are reading this, please
>> let me know. I would be delighted to discuss the 'Less Wiggly Routes'
>> project with you. :-)
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Priyanka
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Graham Jones 
>> <grahamjones139 at gmail.com <mailto:grahamjones139 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> > Hi Pryanka,
>> > I h...
>>
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