Routing/Taxi to
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This "Taxi to ..." mini-project is funny approach to showcase the global strength of OSM's grassroot approach. The idea is to compare long-distance routing results on OSM data with those from other routing providers. And we're talking real long distances here.
In most of the cases the road layout for the route is already covered in OSM data but it's either not connected (duplicate nodes) or incorrectly tagged. Use Keepright to pinpoint these errors down and fix them in your area.
Taxi to ...
| Route | Comment | Cloudmade | Google Maps | Yahoo! Maps | ViaMichelin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cairo, Egypt <-> Nordkapp,Norway (North Africa to the pole) |
Route part Ankara <-> Nordkapp shows a 500 km difference: 4 994 km Cloudmade 5 477 km Google | 6 812 km | No route. Coverage ends in Turkey. | No Route | No route |
New Delhi, India <-> Lisbon, Portugal |
India to Europe | 10 576 km | No route. Coverage ends in Turkey. | No Route | |
Bamako, Mali <-> Cape Town, South Africa(Through Africa) |
9 156 km 9155 km @2010-10-17 |
No route available. | No Route | ||
Anchorage, Alaska, USA -> Panama City, Panama |
Panamericana North | 12 088 km 11 427 km @2010-10-17 |
No route | No Route | |
Punta Arenas, Chile <-> Caracas, Venezuela |
Parts of Panamericana South | 10 690 km | No route available. | 10220.9km | |
Melbourne <-> Darwin(Australia) |
3 754 km | 3 761 km | No Route | ||
Ibusuki <-> Wakkanai(Japan South to North) |
Google's public transport link is cool. | No route | 2 889 km (Public transport) | No Route | |
Fisterra <-> Komsomolsk-on-Amur(Portugal to Eastern Russia) |
Westernmost to easternmost routable point on the Eurasia landmass. | 13 145 km | No route available as coverage ends at Polish - Belarus border. | No Route | |
Nordkapp, <-> Villa S. Giovanni, ITNO (Straight Central European North-South) |
Wanted to go down to Pachino on Sicily, but the ferry-link to Siciliy doesn't seem to work | 5 252 km car (5 132 km walk) | 4 947 km (car), 5 358 km (walk with 1 222 km ferry) | 5249,5 km | |
Pillars of Hercules(Tarifa (near Gibraltar) to Ceuta) |
115 km |
56.2 km with ferry ! | 66,1 km | ||
Brest <-> Vladivostok |
"Une Europe de Brest à Vladivostok" comme disait le Général de Gaulle | 12 543 km | No route available. | No Route | |
North bank of Alaska, USA -> Panama City |
Some detours. | 12 802 km | No route available | No Route | |
south of Ponta Arenas, Chile -> Belem |
8 954 km | No route | No Route | ||
Abha, Saudi Arabia <-> Extreme East Russia(Vostok area) |
Nice trip through Middle East, please be careful while driving through Irak (especially in Baghdad) =) | 14 508 km | No route available. | No Route | |
Surt, Libya <-> Extreme East Russia(Vostok area) |
14 252 km | No route available. | No Route | ||
Lhasa, Tibet, China <-> Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Descent from the highest to the lowest capital in the world | 9 788 km | No route available. | No Route | |
Panama City -> Goose Bay, NB, Canada |
9 838 km | No route available. | No Route | ||
Camino de SantiagoLe Puy en Velay -> Santiago de Compostela |
Via Podensis & Camino Francés pilgrimage | 1 338 km | 1321 km | 1490.7 km (by car) | No Route |
Via Romea FrancigenaCanterbury -> Roma |
Via Romea Francigena pilgrimage | 1 660 km with ferry Dover -> Calais | [1] not relevant : too much ferry for a pilgrimage | No Route | |
Cologne Main Station (Köln Hauptbahnhof) -> Athen |
Reported in the media: Express.de: Taxi crossed half Europe due to Icelandic volcano eruption. | 2 576 km | No Route | 2578,6km | |
South Afrika -> East China |
Seems that theres a lot of new road in africa. | 21 870 km 24471km@2010-07-13 |
No Route | No Route | |
Cairo <-> Beirouth |
Dream of peace. | 887 km walking : 3354 km |
No Route | ||
Silk Road |
Xi'an to Antakya | 8360 km |
No Route | No Route | |
Croisière noire |
André Citroën expedition through Africa, 1924-1925 | 15871 km |
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Croisière jaune |
André Citroën expedition through Asia, 1931-1932 | Pamir group: 9421 km China group: No Route |
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News from Tartary/Forbidden Journey |
Peter Fleming and Ella (Kini) Maillart travelled from Beijing to Gilgit (via the Takla Makan) in 1935. | Pamir group: 6578 km | No route | ||
Longest RoutingFrom somewhere near Vladivostok |
Probably the longest routing available on any public routing engine. | 22,747 km | 27,193 km | ||
Even Longer Routing |
Probably the longest routing available on any public routing engine. Google routes through Europe and go by ferry between Marseille and Alger. Cloudmade has 21,920 km when using "shortest" rather than "fastest" setting. I suspect the walking time is active walking time, i.e. without sleep. | 24,699 km walking: 22,219 km, 4442 hrs = 185 days = 6.2 months |
28.207 km walking: 28,025 km, 206 days, 1 hour = 6.9 months |
