photon
an open source geocoder for openstreetmap data (by komoot)
openrouteservice
š The open source route planner api with plenty of features. (by GIScience)
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| photon | openrouteservice | |
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| 8 | 19 | |
| 1,775 | 1,264 | |
| 2.3% | 3.1% | |
| 8.4 | 9.8 | |
| 5 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| Java | Java | |
| Apache License 2.0 | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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photon
Posts with mentions or reviews of photon.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-15.
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pelias VS photon - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 15 Nov 2023
Photon by Komoot is also using Elasticsearch for validating addresses and locations.
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Autocomplete address from google places and mapbox seem to be extremely expensive. Is there any other good alternatives?
Alternatively, you could run your own Photon API: https://github.com/komoot/photon
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The New GraphHopper Maps Route Planner
Open Source. The routing server is open source too and geocoding too.
- What is the easiest way to deploy OSM on the premise? like nominatim.openstreetmap.org, but offline version.
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GraphHopper Routing Engine - Open Source Route Planning
To fully self-host a route planner (e.g. a "Google Maps" equivalent) you need GraphHopper for the routing and two other parts: you also need some visualization aka "maps" (e.g. with OpenMapTiles) and you need the address search (e.g. with Photon).
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Question about privacy with Waze vs GMaps
There exists photon, but I don't know if it's used in any libre mapping app.
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PSA: Use Acastus-Photon for better search for maps apps like OsmAnd
Acastus-Photon is an Android app that allows you to search up any address or point of interest on OpenStreetMaps and open it in OsmAnd or any other maps app. It relies on photon as it's open-source backend server (provides elasticsearch for OSM), so you can either use a public instance or self-host. This allows you to have search functionality as powerful as Google Maps whilst being able to use solely open-source software instead.
- OsmAnd~ address finding is terrible, copy and pasting lat and long is inconvenient, any alternatives that also respect your privacy?
openrouteservice
Posts with mentions or reviews of openrouteservice.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-28.
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API for Geolocation and Distance Matrices
If you don't need many calls, this is great: https://openrouteservice.org/
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o.map with routing
the data for the routing are from https://openrouteservice.org/ to use this in o.map you have to get an api key from openrouteservice and insert it into o.map.
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Transit route mapping
I use Open Route Service https://openrouteservice.org/ to plot motorcycling routes - it seems to do what you are requesting - with gpx, kml, json exports
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How can I pull distance from two entered addresses (US)?
openstreetmap features a routing engine as well, available from several locations on the internet. You might want to try out something like https://openrouteservice.org/ or do a web search for "openstreetmap routig" to find other alternatives.
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Magento bad as they say?
https://openrouteservice.org/ try their api
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Arbeiten am Prenzlauer Berg - Wo wohnen?
ORS has isochrone maps. You can easily check travel times from Prenzlauer Berg there.
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Creating a map of multiple isochrones (distance traveled in given time from given point)?
For anyone else, there is a free api that can do this: https://openrouteservice.org/
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[OC] City Isochrones | How far can you drive in one hour?
Iām happy to tell you it is š try out https://openrouteservice.org/
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Map: How far can you drive from Mobile (30,60 minutes)
data came from open source data provider https://openrouteservice.org/
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How far can you drive from HSV Airport on a Monday night?
Data source: openrouteservice.org
What are some alternatives?
When comparing photon and openrouteservice you can also consider the following projects:
Nominatim - Open Source search based on OpenStreetMap data
Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) - Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend
pelias - Pelias is a modular open-source geocoder using Elasticsearch.
Graphhopper - Open source routing engine for OpenStreetMap. Use it as Java library or standalone web server.
vroom - Vehicle Routing Open-source Optimization Machine
Acastus - A completely free and open source Address and POI lookup application for android.
freerouting - Advanced PCB auto-router
Elasticsearch - Free and Open, Distributed, RESTful Search Engine
OpenLayers3 - OpenLayers
openmaptiles - OpenMapTiles Vector Tile Schema Implementation
vtm - OpenGL vector map library - running on Android, iOS, Desktop and browser.
photon vs Nominatim
openrouteservice vs Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM)
photon vs pelias
openrouteservice vs Graphhopper
photon vs Graphhopper
openrouteservice vs vroom
photon vs Acastus
openrouteservice vs freerouting
photon vs Elasticsearch
openrouteservice vs OpenLayers3
photon vs openmaptiles
openrouteservice vs vtm