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Hi,
I am trying to make a map navigation system like mapquest where you can type in a start address and an end address and have it display the route and calculate the distance and time.
Could OpenStreetMaps do this for me? If so, how could I get started? Sorry if I sound ignorant to this topic as it is new to me.
Thanks for any help.

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There are already a number of applications/services that can do this for you: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Routing

Most notably: http://openrouteservice.org and http://yournavigation.org