Routing/offline routers

See also: Routing/online routers

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Information on offline and online routers for handheld devices can be found on the Android and iOS pages.

Missing from comparison below:

• MapFactor Navigator Free
• GraphHopper Open Source routing library in Java
• Be-on-road

Comparison

routing	Gosmore	Traveling Salesman	Navit	RoadMap	VGPS	We-Travel	GpsMid	True Maps	MoNav	CartoType	add more here	Description
License	mainly BSD	GPL V3.0	GPL	GPL	proprietary	Totally Free	GPL V2.0	?	GPL V3.0	proprietary
Algorithms	???	multiple	Dijkstra with Fibonacci-Heaps	Work in progress	A*	Dijkstra/A*	Dijkstra/A*	Dijkstra/A*	Contraction Hierarchies	A* or contraction hierarchy with bidi Dijkstra	...	What routing algorithm(s) are used?
Search addresses	limited	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes work in progress	yes	yes	...	Can the user search for city+streets?
housenumbers	limited	yes, full	yes	depends on the map	no	yes	yes	Work in progress	no	yes	...	Can the user search for housenumbers?
voice directions	yes	multiple	yes	not yet	yes	yes	yes	Work in progress	no	no	...	Can it speak driving directions?
metric	shortest/fastest	multiple	Car/truck/foot/bike/horse ()	work in progress	shortest/fastest	Car/foot/bike???	Car/foot/bike (fastest)	Car/foot	custom speed profile can be provided during preprocessing	any number of profiles specifying speeds, restrictions, and user-defined weightings; standard profiles are supplied	...	What can a route be optimized for?
lanes	???	work in progress	no	no	no	not yet	no	not yet	no	no	...	Does it support lanes? (e.g. "keep right", "take middle lane",..)
turn-restrictions	yes	yes	broken	work in progress	no	not yet	yes	yes	no, work in progress	yes	...	Does it support turn-restrictions?
country-specific rules	???	automatic	???	???	depends on map data	user config file	via style-file	no	no	no	...	Does it detect("manual"=enter current country/"automatic") and support("no") traffic-rules not applying to all of the map?
platforms	Gosmore	Traveling Salesman	Navit	RoadMap	VGPS	We-Travel	GpsMid	True Maps	MoNav	CartoType	add more here	Description
nettop/laptop	all	all	Windows, Mac, Linux	Linux, Unix	no	no	no	no	Windows, Mac, Linux	Windows, .NET, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD	...	What desktop-platforms are supported?
handheld	Windows mobile	none	Nokia N810, WinCE, Freerunner, Android, Angström	Windows CE, iPhone/iPod	Java Mobile and Android Mobile	Java Mobile (Sony Ericsson, Nokia, LG, Windows Mobile,...)	Java Mobile, Android, (WinCE / Linux via installing jvm)	IPhone	Symbian, Maemo, Embedded Linux, Windows Mobile	Android, iOS, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone	...	What handheld platforms are supported?
map	Gosmore	Traveling Salesman	Navit	RoadMap	VGPS	We-Travel	GpsMid	True Maps	MoNav	CartoType	add more here	Description
native format	pak	OsmBin, multiple	OsmBin, multiple	own format	own format	own format	own format	own format	own format	CTM1 (own format)	...	What is the native map-format used?
import xml	converter	yes	converter	converter	converter	converter	converter	yes	converter / preprocessor	yes	...	Can you import osm-maps without a second computer?
download from api	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no	...	Can you download areas directly from the program?
download extracts	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	...	Can you download .osm -files directly from the program?
rendering	Gosmore	Traveling Salesman	Navit	RoadMap	VGPS	We-Travel	GpsMid	True Maps	MoNav	CartoType	add more here	Description
realtime rendering?	onboard	onboard	onboard	onboard	onboard	onboard	onboard	prerendered	prerendered, onboard	vector rendering on the device	...	Is map-rendering performed on the device?
type	vector	multiple	vector	vector	vector	vector and raster	vector	bitmap	bitmap, vector	vector	...	Are vector or bitmap -maps displayed
isometric view	??	work in progress	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	not yet	no	yes	...	Is an isometric (pseudo-3D) display supported?
translations	Gosmore	Traveling Salesman	Navit	RoadMap	VGPS	We-Travel	GpsMid	True Maps	MoNav	CartoType	add more here	Description
driving instructions	???	yes	yes	work in progress	yes	yes	yes	work in progress	yes	yes	...
voices	yes	yes	uses external apps	work in progress	yes	yes	yes	work in progress	no	no	...
user interface	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	...
languages	English German Spanish French Italian Dutch Slovenian Portuguese Romanian	English German Spanish French Italian Russian Norvegian	Brazilian Portuguese Chinese (Hong Kong) Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Hebrew Italian Japanese Norwegian Bokmal Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Telugu Thai Turkish	English	English Multi langues	English Spanish French Dutch Norvegian Hungarian Danish	Czech English Finnish French German Italian Polish Russian Slovak	English Spanish	English	English; SDK supplies symbolic data suitable for any language	...
other	Gosmore	Traveling Salesman	Navit	RoadMap	VGPS	We-Travel	GpsMid	True Maps	MoNav	CartoType	add more here	Description
language	C++	Java	C++	C	Java Mobile, Android Mobile	Java Mobile	Java Mobile	Objective C	C++ / Qt	C++	add more here	What language is it written in?
inception-year	2007	2007	???	2002	2006	2008	2007	2009	2009	2003	add more here	When did the project start?
special features	Cgi Routing Interface	Plugin-API library for developers osmosis-plugins	???	Portable	Runs on both Java mobile phones and Android mobile phones Map data is highly compacted and can be shared for both Java phones and Android phones	Runs on most mobile phones Import of external POIs for use as city guide Compact country level maps and routing	Styling of maps and routing Create your own extracts for limited resource phones Tools to help improve OSM	Offline searching and routing for the Iphone	Very fast and exact routing ( <50ms for Germany on mobile devices ) Can handle huge data sets, even the planet file provided enough RAM is available during preprocessing Client runtime is not very resource itensive. Often <10MB are enough Runs on mobile devices and as a matter of fact on any device Qt runs on.	Portable to almost all platforms and devices Can handle huge data sets Includes the CartoType map rendering system, for unlimited customisation of look and feel Can use map data from any source, not just OSM data Add your own map data at run-time and save using SQLite or other formats	...	What is special about this program?
POI search	?	?	partially (category search of nearest POIs, no keyword search)	no	yes	yes	yes	Work in progress	?	yes	...	Does it support keyword search or category search
3D view	yes	?	yes	?	No	?	Yes	?	No	no