How does this compare to Project OSRM [1]?
Show HN: Valhalla, an open source routing engine
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#12I'm a bit confused. This doesn't seem like free software after reading the web page. It seems that the client is free, but the server component is proprietary SaaS and you have to get an API key through MapZen? I see several repositories on their GitHub account, but it's not apparent if this is all that is needed to self-host.
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#13How does this compare to Project OSRM [1]? [1] https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend
this blog post explains some of the major differences in the two architectures: https://mapzen.com/blog/valhalla-why_tiles
Re: Show HN: Valhalla, an open source routing engine
#14I'm a bit confused. This doesn't seem like free software after reading the web page. It seems that the client is free, but the server component is proprietary SaaS and you have to get an API key through MapZen? I see several repositories on their GitHub account, but it's not apparent if this is all that is needed to self-host.
There is no proprietary component, if you want to self-host it's all here: https://github.com/valhalla
But there is a free hosted service (with API signup) for convenience.
Re: Show HN: Valhalla, an open source routing engine
#15I'm a bit confused. This doesn't seem like free software after reading the web page. It seems that the client is free, but the server component is proprietary SaaS and you have to get an API key through MapZen? I see several repositories on their GitHub account, but it's not apparent if this is all that is needed to self-host.
There is no proprietary component, if you want to self-host it's all here: https://github.com/valhalla But there is a free hosted service (with API signup) for convenience.
Awesome. Thanks for clarifying.
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#16Any plans to add public transport support?
Re: Show HN: Valhalla, an open source routing engine
#17I'm a bit confused. This doesn't seem like free software after reading the web page. It seems that the client is free, but the server component is proprietary SaaS and you have to get an API key through MapZen? I see several repositories on their GitHub account, but it's not apparent if this is all that is needed to self-host.
its all you need to self host. check out the chef repository. it should be all you need to throw it up on aws
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#18Any plans to add public transport support?
Yes -- if you're at State of the Map US in NYC this weekend, we'll be demoing it live. Stay tuned.
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#19Does anyone know how good the OpenStreetMap data is? I thought I'd heard that it was pretty incomplete.
Try it for some routes you are familiar with:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=osrm_car&rout...
It varies around the world, for the US (which I'm more familiar with) intercity is pretty solid, last mile stuff you might be missing a street.
Searching for a specific address can be an issue, but road data is pretty good.
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#20Also, source code is here: https://github.com/valhalla
Since most routing software is proprietary, I think it would be good to combat it by using a strong copyleft on the Valhalla components. GPLv3+ for client software and AGPLv3+ for server software would be awesome.