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Re: Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails

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What I really want form a bike route planner is a map style that shows smaller roads as you zoom out. When planning a cycling I'm interested in tiny back back roads but they are hidden as soon as I zoom out on any map enough to be useful for route planning.

Yep. This is the a crucial cycling feature that's missing.

Ideally, I'd also like to highlight roads with diverters, circles, chicanes, bumps, tables, etc.

Re: Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails

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Thank you for this. I personally appreciate the easy to download GPX for my Wahoo. For reference, I've been using [0] to get around the city since Google Maps sucks here. I also really like the routes suggested by [1], but their mobile app is super buggy.

[0] - https://cyclers.app/

[1] - https://www.cyclestreets.net/

Re: Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails

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Here's a cool demo I saw recently that allows a cyclist to specify risk tolerance for busy roads, based on traffic data. Take the direct, busy route, or the roundabout way, using bike paths where available.

https://rc.nau.edu/cranc/?profile=ibc&layer=OpenStreetMap

Re: Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails

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post #11
post #9

What I really want form a bike route planner is a map style that shows smaller roads as you zoom out. When planning a cycling I'm interested in tiny back back roads but they are hidden as soon as I zoom out on any map enough to be useful for route planning.

Yep. This is the a crucial cycling feature that's missing. Ideally, I'd also like to highlight roads with diverters, circles, chicanes, bumps, tables, etc.

In OpenStreetMap, which is the data source used by most of these navigation apps, the relevant key is traffic_calming.

I have not found any navigation app that preferentially chooses streets with traffic_calming features, such as speed humps. I recently suggested that in OSMAnd and got no traction [0].

[0] https://github.com/osmandapp/OsmAnd/issues/21320

Re: Show HN: Bike route planner that follows almost only official bike trails

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post #13

Thank you for this. I personally appreciate the easy to download GPX for my Wahoo. For reference, I've been using [0] to get around the city since Google Maps sucks here. I also really like the routes suggested by [1], but their mobile app is super buggy. [0] - https://cyclers.app/ [1] - https://www.cyclestreets.net/

hi - if you like the routes suggested by 1, try https://cyclema.ps/hello - disclaimer, i'm part of the team behind it.
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