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I have used maps.me until a few years ago but was never really happy with the performance of the bike routing algorithm. I've switched to Osmand [1] and BRoute

by erzapp 5y ago

I have used maps.me until a few years ago but was never really happy with the performance of the bike routing algorithm. I've switched to Osmand [1] and BRouter [2] (both available on F-Droid) and nerver looked back. BRouter on Android is a bit tricky to set up (you need to download routing tiles in addition to the map files through a really ugly UI), but once you're done it's the best bike navigator I can think of (and it's really fast). The BRouter profiles are highly customizable, check out Poutnik's repositories [3] for examples. Some of his profiles and many others con be tested on https://brouter.m11n.de/ https://brouter.m11n.de/ (german). [1] https://osmand.net/ https://osmand.net/ [2] https://brouter.de/ https://brouter.de/ [3] https://github.com/poutnikl/Brouter-profiles https://github.com/poutnikl/Brouter-profiles

austhrow743 5y ago
In what ways did you find osmands routes better?
- erzapp 5y ago
  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/ https://brouter.de/brouter-web/
patrickdavey 5y ago
I used osmand for navigation while biking around Europe. My trick was using Google maps to plan the route and then exported to a gpx file and loaded that into osmand. Worked pretty well

by erzapp 5y ago

austhrow743 5y ago

In what ways did you find osmands routes better?

erzapp 5y ago
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/ https://brouter.de/brouter-web/

patrickdavey 5y ago

I used osmand for navigation while biking around Europe. My trick was using Google maps to plan the route and then exported to a gpx file and loaded that into osmand. Worked pretty well