Today we are releasing version 2.0 of the open source GraphHopper routing engine. GraphHopper calculates optimal routes in road networks, for example taken from OpenStreetMap, for many different vehicle types and finds the ideal itinerary when using public transit. It is released under the Apache License 2.0 and you can easily try its road routing […]

In this blog post we’ll describe how custom profiles can be used and include real world examples. How to You can try the examples on GraphHopper Maps. Please note that currently only for car, small_truck, scooter, bike and foot the custom routing support is deployed. To customize a request you click on the “custom” icon. […]

Today, after more than 8 years of work, we are releasing version 1.0 of the open source GraphHopper routing engine. GraphHopper calculates optimal routes in road networks (for example taken from OpenStreetMap) for many different vehicle types and finds the ideal itinerary when using public transit. It is released under the Apache License 2.0 and […]

The upcoming version 1.0 of the GraphHopper routing engine has a new customizable routing feature. Disclaimer: We updated the format for custom models. See the updated blog post with several examples. To install GraphHopper with this feature on your own server download the JDK, the routing server, the configuration file and the OpenStreetMap data: Now […]

The previous blog post was about the “normal way” of using GraalVM native images. In this blog post I use it to run Java code on Android without the usual limitations of “Android Java”. I.e. the Java code can be JDK 11 and include arbitrary libraries which is usually not possible when using Dalvik or […]

This blog post is about the experience I made when compiling the GraphHopper routing engine to a native executable using GraalVM. The GraphHopper routing engine is an open source project that uses the road network from OpenStreetMap and is able to calculate routes from A to B very fast and offers other features like isochrone […]