[OpenRouteService] A few newbie questions

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Hello

As an OSM-based alternative to Google Maps, someone mentioned OpenRouteService.

I gave it a try, read its wiki, but didn’t find answers to the following questions:

  • After entering a source/destination, it looks like it’s not possible to “pull” the route to make it go through a different path. Is that right? How can I make it go through specific locations?

  • Is it possible to add Mapquest as tile instead of Mapnik/OCM?

  • Can a route be exported as KML? Is “XML” = KML?

  • Can the big left-side bar be hidden?

  • Can ORS remember the Start location, since I often start from home?

  • Can it remember past searches?

  • Is it possible to share URLs to routes?

  • Can the RouteSummary section be hidden (I don’t need it)?

Thank you.

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Try http://map.project-osrm.org/
It covers several/most of your needs.

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Thanks.

The official link times out, but the one above works for the time being.

It only requires calling Gpx2Kml to convert the file, but it’s good enough.

Edit: Nope, that server times out too. Looks like OSRM is low on budget.

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Hello shohreh,

EDIT: My hint was already delivered at http://forum.openstreetmap.org/viewtopic.php?id=27331 to your former question.

So if you want to have feature enhancements to OSRM, please try to contact the developers.

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Another OSM router:

https://graphhopper.com/maps/

Chris

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Thanks. Replied in the main thread.