Inspiration
Routes Maps Routeplanner is the best for hiking route planning. But is useful for any routing plan.
What it does
You can select any of different route parameters combination to get result you like: Type of transport: Motorcar, Heavy goods, Goods, Public service, Bicycle, Bicycle (routes), Foot Routing method: Fastest, Shortest You can create a route by placing at least one Start and one Finish marker on the map. You can advance route by adding one or more Way points. You can drag each marker anywhere any time you want. You can see each marked place name in its search box. You can find another place by typing its name in the search-box. The marker will be placed on the map when you hit the Enter key and the search is completed successfully. You can change the order of all Way-points by find another place by typing its name in the search box. You can open or copy route Permalink (permanent link) on the Info tab. You can export your result route to GPX format and save GPX file at your computer You can load previously traveled routes by dragging a GPX file onto the map.
How I built it
The Maps Routeplanner based on the YOURS project software. I compared the YOURS project navigation results with another routing services. I saw YOURS project routeplanner give the best Foot/Pedestrian/Bicycle results in Crimea, Ukraine region. So I express my gratitude to Lambertus and other contributors gave me to use this project possibility. I used Google App Engine for the first hosting of this project. Now I use Rad Hat Opensift hosting.
Challenges I ran into
There can be timely problems to access used routing service. The OpenStreetMap geographic data is the most important part in this project. While being nowhere near complete enough to be able to say that it covers the whole world, it contains some pretty complete data for countries like: the Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Russia, Ukraine and Germany. Some other countries are not far behind. So the time is there to actually put the OpenStreetMap data to use. There are different difficulties to use Google App Engine and Red Hat Opensift hostings.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I think the Routeplanner is the best for foot route planning. I have fixed many problems with all popular browsers. I have made Search Engine Optimization. For example: https://www.google.com/#q=routes+maps+routeplanner
What I learned
The Maps Routeplanner based on the YOURS project software. The Maps Routeplanner uses OpenSource software and data as much as possible.
What's next for Routes Maps Routeplanner
I hope Routes Maps Routeplanner will give you the best results for any travel type in any region of the world. So if you have some the routeplanner problems or need to see addition possibilities please send me a message. And I will improve maps routeplanner to make it The best Maps Routeplanner.
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