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Thanks! Cycling is on the to-do list. But I'm conscious it probably wouldn't just be a single category - there would need to be separation for road cycling and

Thanks! Cycling is on the to-do list. But I'm conscious it probably wouldn't just be a single category - there would need to be separation for road cycling and mountain biking. The routing algorithm does already prefer roads with low speed limits, but there is definitely more that could be done in this space (e.g. a slider to set a preference to avoid higher speed roads). It also depends on the availability of speed limit data (I use the OpenStreetMap database).

nickswan 6y ago
You could almost do with a ‘how safe you felt’ rating for each road. Would obviously take a while to build up the data.
076ae80a-3c97-4 6y ago
The state of apps/web apps for planning road cycling routes is abysmal. If you can implement this you'll immediately be the best.
- cullenking 6y ago
  I am curious why you think this. I run https://ridewithgps.com https://ridewithgps.com and always love constructive feedback to improve. There’s always improvements to make, but I wouldn’t quite go as far as calling things abysmal!
- goguy 6y ago
  The new Strava feature is pretty good IMO
- malyk 6y ago
  footpath is pretty great for planning and adding features regularly
- c0nsumer 6y ago
  One of the main reasons for this is a lack of data. The Strava Heatmap (crowdsourced data, based on past frequency of use) is pretty much the best. OSM tagging is insufficient for real good routing, and it doesn't take traffic patterns into account. Thus, a lot of route creation is dependent on hyperlocal knowledge. Strava Route Builder, with the heatmap, goes fairly far on this, but it too isn't the best. This is a really hard problem to solve.
pistoriusp 6y ago
I frequently do 50km - 60km cycling routes from my home and I've manually figured out the greenest and least busiest routes. I tested it with your app and the route is near identical to what I've figured (over the course of several thousand km's of trial an error). I'm amazed! Edit: I'm usually on a mountain bike.

nickswan 6y ago

You could almost do with a ‘how safe you felt’ rating for each road. Would obviously take a while to build up the data.

076ae80a-3c97-4 6y ago

The state of apps/web apps for planning road cycling routes is abysmal. If you can implement this you'll immediately be the best.

cullenking 6y ago
I am curious why you think this. I run https://ridewithgps.com https://ridewithgps.com and always love constructive feedback to improve. There’s always improvements to make, but I wouldn’t quite go as far as calling things abysmal!
goguy 6y ago
The new Strava feature is pretty good IMO
malyk 6y ago
footpath is pretty great for planning and adding features regularly
c0nsumer 6y ago
One of the main reasons for this is a lack of data. The Strava Heatmap (crowdsourced data, based on past frequency of use) is pretty much the best. OSM tagging is insufficient for real good routing, and it doesn't take traffic patterns into account. Thus, a lot of route creation is dependent on hyperlocal knowledge. Strava Route Builder, with the heatmap, goes fairly far on this, but it too isn't the best. This is a really hard problem to solve.

pistoriusp 6y ago

I frequently do 50km - 60km cycling routes from my home and I've manually figured out the greenest and least busiest routes. I tested it with your app and the route is near identical to what I've figured (over the course of several thousand km's of trial an error). I'm amazed! Edit: I'm usually on a mountain bike.