Open Source Routing Machine (OSRM) VS qwantmaps

then called the Open Streetmap api described here using Power query: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/blob/master/docs/http.md

OSRM: A super fast and easy to use routing engine that runs on OSM data. You only need to run 5 lines of code to (1) download a .pbf from Geofabrik, (2-5) download the OSRM docker image and pre-process the OSM data. There are also 3 profiles predefined that you can use: car, bike, foot (e.g. foot.lua). It basically hosts a local server. I find the easiest way is to combine it with the osrm R package. I have seen you also need to adjust for the elevation. I think I have seen some custom LUA profiles that also account for DTM derived elevation changes as an additional weight.

I am trying (and failing) to setup an OSRM instance with docker compose. The issue I've encountered is with setting up osrm-backend. According to the Github and Docker Hub pages, the process is as follows:

I am creating Rust bindings to https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend using autocxx. This allows for fast routing on openstreetmap data. They have a nodejs server, but I'm going to write a Rust one with these new bindings. I am finding that many of the config classes in C++ are't Plain-Old-Data structures, so are opaque structs, so I have to write getters and setters in C++.

> As a cyclist I’m almost always disappointed by google, apple, and Valhalla

Have you tried the OSRM bike config? (The one you find in https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/blob/master/pro...)

This is a 30 second exercise on OSRM, or any other service that provides directions.

As for the rules for routing algorithms, OSMR's foot profile looks like good place to start. You could copy the file into something like for_women.lua and extend it with rules for e.g. street lighting and any other features of interest. Of course, it would be best to reach out to the other devs first.

I found https://www.qwant.com/maps pretty decent and comparable to Google Maps, especially for the ease to switch between pedestrian/biking/car directions. They don't have an app though.

Organic Maps OsmAnd Qwant Maps

You could try Qwant Maps for online and as application Organic Maps.

https://www.qwant.com/maps nice front-end. https://openstreetmap.org The boring techy website. https://www.where2.cash Simple web-app for BCH merchants.

It is a reduced version of Apple Maps, so only looking and navigation, unfortunatelly. I'd recommend Qwant Maps for that.

If you go to "edit" mode on the openstreetmap.org website, you'll see aerial/satellite imagery too, licensed for free from bing and others. AFAIK, that license is only for editors, thus they can't have it on the main website (and that wouldn't be a showcase of OSM data anyway).

I agree it's a bit of a shame that the openstreetmap.org doesn't do a better job of showcasing the wealth of data, and it could be more user friendly. There are a lot of other websites that provide the same data, represented differently. https://osmand.net/map for instance. https://www.qwant.com/maps has vector maps and is quite good too!