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 DezB
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My commute is about to increase by half next year when the company moves buildings. New route looks to be a real b-road affair.
Anyone point me to online route planning for road cycling? ie. so I can put A and B and it'll give me the shortest route. (Tried a few Google results and they're crap)


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 12:48 pm
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bikeroutetoaster. Use the OSM date and select bike as the means of transport.


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 12:49 pm
 DezB
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That's the stuff. Cheers.


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:04 pm
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Anyone point me to online route planning for road cycling? ie. so I can put A and B and it'll give me the shortest route. (Tried a few Google results and they're crap)

Might not be the safest ๐Ÿ™„
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
http://www.multimap.com/
http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap/


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:06 pm
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I was playing with this one this morning (that have an iPhone app which uses the server technology)

http://www.cyclestreets.net

Will connect up busy road with B roads and cycle paths. Seems pretty good


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:14 pm
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www.cyclestreets.net is worth a try.


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:15 pm
 DezB
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[i]Might not be the safest[/i]

Huh?

Yeah, tried that Cyclestreets one and it said it would take me 1hr 58! It's only about 15-18 miles! (I know you can change the speed, but it's routes were just silly)


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:18 pm
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Cyclestreets uses open street map so there's a huge variation in quality depending on where you are in the country


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:19 pm
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transportdirect have one, think it even uses bike paths that aren't roads.


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:22 pm
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I do hope Trekster comes and explains his post. ๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 24/09/2010 1:43 pm