BRouter
An offline OpenStreetMap routing engine with configurable profiles, aimed mainly at bike routing.
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About BRouter
BRouter is a routing engine built for cycling. It uses OpenStreetMap data and freely configurable routing profiles, so you can tune how it weighs road types, elevation and long-distance cycle routes. It calculates alternative routes and supports via points and no-go points.
It works fully offline on Android phones and connects to several popular Android map apps, which call it to calculate routes. Routing data is available worldwide with automatic weekly updates. Online versions are also available.
Strengths
- Freely configurable routing profiles
- Routing that takes elevation into account
- Works offline and plugs into other Android map apps
- Worldwide routing data with weekly updates
Limitations
- Mostly used as a routing back end for other map apps
- Writing custom profiles takes some effort
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The BRouter contributors
- Platforms
- Android, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Cyclists who want route calculations tuned to their own preferences
- Categories
- Maps & navigation
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Maps & Navigation); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.