OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free digital map of the world that is created and maintained by millions of users. Among many other things it includes detailed information about every possible type of road, ranging from narrow hiking trails in the mountains to the biggest motorways. Using the open source GraphHopper routing engine you can easily […]

We just released the next version of GraphHopper, the flexible and fast open source routing engine for OpenStreetMap written in Java. Let’s see what’s included in this update: Improved OSM Import We revised GraphHopper’s data import process for OSM data. It is now a lot more flexible and we can better deal with node tags […]

We just released a new version of our open source routing engine and server for OpenStreetMap (OSM). You don’t know what a routing engine for OpenStreetMap is? Well, OpenStreetMap is a free digital map of the entire world and with a routing engine like GraphHopper you can make use of this data to find the […]

Today we are happy to announce the new release of our open source routing engine. It is again packed with new features, bug fixes and nice improvements. This time we put our main focus on the custom routing feature that we already included in version 1.0 about a year ago. With the GraphHopper engine you […]

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. […]