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Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend

21 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 2 stories, 19 comments · first 2014-09-03 · latest 2026-02-27

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  1. …relating to customisable contraction hierarchies, but it doesn't seem to have gotten much interest. https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/6574
    comment by n4r9 · 2026-02-27 · in OsmAnd’s Faster Offline Navigation (2025)
  2. Merged https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6923 :)
    comment by DennisL123 · 2024-05-31 · in Quickly checking whether a string needs escaping
  3. Two C++ projects I’m involved in that you might enjoy: https://github.com/systemed/tilemaker https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend
    comment by Doctor_Fegg · 2022-09-30 · in OpenStreepMap 2012 vs. 2022
  4. …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... )
    comment by jhgb · 2022-05-28 · in Show HN: Self-Hosted Maps Stack
  5. OSRM can be augmented with your traffic data. https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki/Traffic It works quite well.
    comment by superpermutat0r · 2020-04-04 · in How We reduced our Google Maps API cost
  6. …case where you have similar routes every day, this allows you to really tune the Kalman filters. 0: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki/Traffic
    comment by superpermutat0r · 2020-04-04 · in How We reduced our Google Maps API cost
  7. …enjoy map data and/or graph theory and have C++ skills, this would be a great project to work on. https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/ (Reboot discussion at https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/5209 )
    comment by Doctor_Fegg · 2020-04-04 · in How We reduced our Google Maps API cost
  8. …ithub.com/valhalla/valhalla/blob/716fd6e99ab6f271b6... OSRM also does this, but slightly differently: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki/Traffic#tu... --- With routing applications there are many configurable parameters,…
    comment by keyanp · 2020-02-02 · in Google Maps Hacks
  9. …traffic models, and demand prediction Some example projects our engineers have worked on before: * https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend * https://github.com/mapbox/robosat Bonus points if you have worked professionally with…
    comment by danieljh · 2019-04-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)
  10. …and hundreds of other modules of all varieties. - [1] https://github.com/mapbox/carmen - [2] https://github.com/project-osrm/osrm-backend - [3] https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik - [4] https://github.com/mapbox/earcut - [5]…
    comment by morganherlocker · 2018-01-03 · in Mapzen Shutdown
  11. …feedback on improvements on the design or code. [1]: https://github.com/schollz/makemydrivefun [2]: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend
    comment by qrv3w · 2017-11-13 · in Show HN: Make My Drive Fun – plan a road trip with funky places along the way
  12. OSRM is looking at improving this exact situation right now: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/2912
    comment by danpat · 2016-10-12 · in Most drivers who own cars with built-in GPS systems use phones for directions
  13. I'm paid to work on OSRM. Obviously the data is imperfect, and there are lots of edge cases ( https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/2145 ). But overall, it works pretty well. There are regional disagreements about the highway…
    comment by danpat · 2016-06-01 · in DeepOSM: Detect roads and features in imagery with neural nets using OpenStreetMap
  14. OSRM provides a distance matrix API https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki/Server-api ("table"). All open source, if you don't want to run it yourself, you can turn to a commercial service provider, see switch2osm.org
    comment by sp8962 · 2015-10-20 · in OpenStreetMap is the Most Important thing in Geo
  15. …500 points in a given area, and calculate a distance matrix from them (OSRM makes this trivial: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/ ). Store the result. The next day, rerun the same matrix on the latest data. Compare the result…
    comment by Doctor_Fegg · 2015-10-20 · in OpenStreetMap is the Most Important thing in Geo
  16. How does this compare to Project OSRM [1]? [1] https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend
    comment by jakobdabo · 2015-06-04 · in Show HN: Valhalla, an open source routing engine
  17. What you see on cycle.travel _is_ an open source router. They run https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend Actually, I don't really see where you get that impression from. Very few commercial providers use their own routing stack. It…
    comment by softwarehippie · 2015-02-17 · in Routing on OpenStreetMap.org
  18. Looks like it might be https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/tree/master/con... , but I don't know for sure.
    comment by dbaupp · 2015-02-17 · in Routing on OpenStreetMap.org
  19. …, https://github.com/asciimoo/searx * Maps: https://github.com/MapBBCode/share.mapbbcode.org/ , https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/ (routing, hard to setup) * Mail: https://roundcube.net , http://rainloop.net ,…
    comment by quoiquoi · 2014-09-03 · in What I use instead of Google services