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Does OSM have bike paths? Does it have bus routes, train schedules? Can it tell you the route to take to get from point A to point B on public transit? Does it

Does OSM have bike paths? Does it have bus routes, train schedules? Can it tell you the route to take to get from point A to point B on public transit? Does it know about current closures? Does it search based on info other than address? I ask because I've been using Google Maps to travel and those features have been invaluable. An offline map is usually missing those features. The schedules are not up to date and searching by context requires data not usually part of map data.

maxerickson 13y ago
There is support for capturing bus routes and a reasonable scheme for bike paths (and bike access, lanes and such). But the data is not necessarily complete. In some areas it will probably beat Google, in other areas not.
4ad 13y ago
> Does OSM have bike paths? Actually, where I live it's OSM which has excellent bike paths and Google Maps which hasn't (posted an example above). And yes, of course it has bus routes and can route using car mode, walking, bike, public transit. Using applications like Osmand you can do much more complex queries than Google Maps, optimize by time, by length, prefer means of transportation X, etc. Of course every offline app potentially has the stale data problem, but for me, it's actually OSM with the better data. YMMV.
chaz 13y ago
Agreed. I live in NYC, and every corner has been completely mapped, and it's a level playing field for almost every mapping tool that's out there. Google isn't competing on completeness of maps, but rather on transportation data. Subway schedules, route changes/delays, traffic, and construction data all matter a lot more to me than actual geolocation. And in NYC, streetview is enormously helpful. In many parts of the world, basic mapping data is incomplete, and one tool will have fresher data than the other for cherry picked examles. In another 10 years, we can imagine that mapping will all be relatively similar, and integration is what we'll compare against.
- bronbron 13y ago
  Although, that has its own drawbacks! I got used to google maps telling me about service changes on the subway (it's pretty good about warning about planned service changes), and I found myself getting angry at maps when I found out the PATH had a planned service change that maps didn't warn me about. Unreasonable, yes, I know - but something worth sharing I thought, since if you get into the realm of "transportation data" it's kinda gotta be all-or-nothing, I think.
Vik1ng 13y ago
> Does OSM have bike paths? http://www.opencyclemap.org/ http://www.opencyclemap.org/ > Does it have bus routes, train schedules? http://www.öpnvkarte.de/ http://www.öpnvkarte.de/ It has the routes, but no it does not have train schedules. Why? Because OpenStreetMap is just a basic map. It is not supposed to have such information. Someone has to write an app that uses the OSM data and then add the schedules. For example: http://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/help.exe/dn?L=vs_mobilitymap&tpl=fullmap&tabApp=show http://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/help.exe/dn?L=vs_mobilitymap&tpl=... (enable checkboxes on the right) - OSM Map Data combined with data from the transport assoziation Btw. I guess you are from the US? Because good luck finding those schedules in Google Maps outside the US. Germany for example only has trains. No Buse and Tram data.
- krrrh 13y ago
  Bus and Tram information was added to Google Maps for Berlin sometime in 2013.
- jpravetz 13y ago
  Unfortunately, for off road, even though the classification of whether bikes are allowed on a trail can be input, I haven't seen any viewers that show this information. I find it difficult to determine the trail type (single/double track), condition (dirt, pavement), and whether bikes are allowed.
  - rmc 13y ago
    OSM has classification schemes for tagging mountain bike routes http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountainbike http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountainbike This might be of interest to you http://openmtbmap.org/ http://openmtbmap.org/
- SyneRyder 13y ago
  For what it's worth, Google has extremely good public transport data for Perth, Australia, and it worked quite well for bus & train times when I was in Sweden last year (especially Malmö). So it's not just the US. Google's support probably depends in part on the transport authority providing a timely & accurate data feed of their schedules that Google can use.
rmc 13y ago
> Does OSM have bike paths? Yep. It even has a cycle specific map view (go to openstreetmap.org, and select Cycle Map from the Layers on the right hand side). Bus & train scheduled, not so much, since companies don't release that that often.

maxerickson 13y ago

There is support for capturing bus routes and a reasonable scheme for bike paths (and bike access, lanes and such). But the data is not necessarily complete. In some areas it will probably beat Google, in other areas not.

4ad 13y ago

> Does OSM have bike paths? Actually, where I live it's OSM which has excellent bike paths and Google Maps which hasn't (posted an example above). And yes, of course it has bus routes and can route using car mode, walking, bike, public transit. Using applications like Osmand you can do much more complex queries than Google Maps, optimize by time, by length, prefer means of transportation X, etc. Of course every offline app potentially has the stale data problem, but for me, it's actually OSM with the better data. YMMV.

chaz 13y ago

Agreed. I live in NYC, and every corner has been completely mapped, and it's a level playing field for almost every mapping tool that's out there. Google isn't competing on completeness of maps, but rather on transportation data. Subway schedules, route changes/delays, traffic, and construction data all matter a lot more to me than actual geolocation. And in NYC, streetview is enormously helpful. In many parts of the world, basic mapping data is incomplete, and one tool will have fresher data than the other for cherry picked examles. In another 10 years, we can imagine that mapping will all be relatively similar, and integration is what we'll compare against.

bronbron 13y ago
Although, that has its own drawbacks! I got used to google maps telling me about service changes on the subway (it's pretty good about warning about planned service changes), and I found myself getting angry at maps when I found out the PATH had a planned service change that maps didn't warn me about. Unreasonable, yes, I know - but something worth sharing I thought, since if you get into the realm of "transportation data" it's kinda gotta be all-or-nothing, I think.

Vik1ng 13y ago

> Does OSM have bike paths? http://www.opencyclemap.org/ http://www.opencyclemap.org/ > Does it have bus routes, train schedules? http://www.öpnvkarte.de/ http://www.öpnvkarte.de/ It has the routes, but no it does not have train schedules. Why? Because OpenStreetMap is just a basic map. It is not supposed to have such information. Someone has to write an app that uses the OSM data and then add the schedules. For example: http://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/help.exe/dn?L=vs_mobilitymap&tpl=fullmap&tabApp=show http://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/help.exe/dn?L=vs_mobilitymap&tpl=... (enable checkboxes on the right) - OSM Map Data combined with data from the transport assoziation Btw. I guess you are from the US? Because good luck finding those schedules in Google Maps outside the US. Germany for example only has trains. No Buse and Tram data.

krrrh 13y ago
Bus and Tram information was added to Google Maps for Berlin sometime in 2013.
jpravetz 13y ago
Unfortunately, for off road, even though the classification of whether bikes are allowed on a trail can be input, I haven't seen any viewers that show this information. I find it difficult to determine the trail type (single/double track), condition (dirt, pavement), and whether bikes are allowed.
- rmc 13y ago
  OSM has classification schemes for tagging mountain bike routes http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountainbike http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mountainbike This might be of interest to you http://openmtbmap.org/ http://openmtbmap.org/
SyneRyder 13y ago
For what it's worth, Google has extremely good public transport data for Perth, Australia, and it worked quite well for bus & train times when I was in Sweden last year (especially Malmö). So it's not just the US. Google's support probably depends in part on the transport authority providing a timely & accurate data feed of their schedules that Google can use.

rmc 13y ago

> Does OSM have bike paths? Yep. It even has a cycle specific map view (go to openstreetmap.org, and select Cycle Map from the Layers on the right hand side). Bus & train scheduled, not so much, since companies don't release that that often.