Re:Organicmaps: Android and iOS offline maps app for travele...
by austhrow743 on Friday June 18, 2021 @02:30AM
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In what ways did you find osmands routes better?
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Re:Organicmaps: Android and iOS offline maps app for travele...
by erzapp on Friday June 18, 2021 @05:08AM
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OsmAnd routing works OK for biking, but I specifically meant BRouter.
The first thing I noticed was that it's a lot faster - I get the routing results almost immediately, even on a low spec phone (with the drawback that you need additional space for the routing segments).
The generated routes are a lot better, too. They make more "sense" from a bikers perspective, because BRouter is elevation-aware. It also gives tracks that are on official cycle routes a higher priority (can be disabled). I tested it with trips I usually cycle and it calculated routes that were very similar if not identical to the ones I chose myself. That's what I expect from a good routing algorithm.
Test it yourself: https://brouter.de/brouter-web/