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Re:Show HN: Dijkstra’s algorithm in the web browser with Ope... by danpat on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @09:07PM (#12640936)
You can type place names into the entry boxes on the front-end - they get converted to lon/lat using a geocoding database.

OR you can drop pins on the map.

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Re:Show HN: Dijkstra’s algorithm in the web browser with Ope... by kornish on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @09:18PM (#12640974)
Is the geocoding database public as well? If so, do you know where it's hosted?
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Re:Show HN: Dijkstra’s algorithm in the web browser with Ope... by maxerickson on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @09:37PM (#12641034)
It's https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/.

There's a use policy: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim_usage_policy

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