osrm-backend
A high-performance routing engine written in C++ that provides route, trip, and navigation services using OpenStreetMap data.
What is osrm-backend?
OSRM is an open-source routing engine that calculates optimal routes, travel times, and navigation instructions using OpenStreetMap data. It solves problems like fastest path finding, GPS trace matching, and traveling salesman optimization through high-performance algorithms.
Developers and organizations needing self-hosted routing for navigation apps, logistics platforms, or geographic analysis tools without relying on commercial APIs.
It offers complete control over routing data and infrastructure, supports advanced algorithms like Contraction Hierarchies and Multi-Level Dijkstra, and provides multiple interfaces (HTTP, C++ library, Node.js) for flexibility.
Overview
Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend
Use Cases
Best For
- Building self-hosted navigation applications
- Calculating distance matrices for logistics optimization
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