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| 8 | <title>Routino : Software</title> |
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| 11 | Routino documentation - readme |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Part of the Routino routing software. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | This file Copyright 2008-2015 Andrew M. Bishop |
| 16 | |
| 17 | This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify |
| 18 | it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by |
| 19 | the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or |
| 20 | (at your option) any later version. |
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| 38 | <div class="header"> |
| 39 | |
| 40 | <h1>Routino : Software</h1> |
| 41 | |
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| 48 | <div class="content"> |
| 49 | |
| 50 | <h2 id="H_1_1" title="Introduction">Routino Introduction</h2> |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Routino is an application for finding a route between two points using the |
| 53 | dataset of topographical information collected by |
| 54 | <a class="ext" title="OpenStreetMap" href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/">http://www.OpenStreetMap.org</a>. |
| 55 | |
| 56 | <p> |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Starting from the raw OpenStreetMap data (in the form of the '.osm' XML files |
| 59 | available on the internet) a custom database is generated that contains the |
| 60 | information useful for routing. With this database and two points specified by |
| 61 | latitude and longitude an optimum route (either shortest or quickest) is |
| 62 | determined. The route is calculated for OpenStreetMap highways (roads, paths |
| 63 | etc) using one of the common forms of transport defined in OpenStreetMap (foot, |
| 64 | bicycle, horse, motorcar, motorcycle etc). |
| 65 | |
| 66 | <p> |
| 67 | |
| 68 | When processing the OpenStreetMap data the types of highways are recorded and |
| 69 | these set default limits on the types of traffic allowed. More specific |
| 70 | information about permissions for different types of transport are also recorded |
| 71 | as are maximum speed limits. Further restrictions like one-way streets, weight, |
| 72 | height, width and length limits are also included where specified. Additionally |
| 73 | a set of properties of each highway are also recorded. The processing of the |
| 74 | input file is controlled by a configuration file which determines the |
| 75 | information that is used. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | <p> |
| 78 | |
| 79 | When calculating a route the type of transport to be used is taken into account |
| 80 | to ensure that the known restrictions are followed. Each of the different |
| 81 | highway types can further be allowed or disallowed depending on preferences. |
| 82 | For each type of highway a default speed limit is defined (although the actual |
| 83 | speed used will be the lowest of the default and any specified in the original |
| 84 | data). To make use of the information about restrictions the weight, height, |
| 85 | width and length of the transport can also be specified. Further preferences |
| 86 | about road properties (e.g. paved or not) can also be selected. The simplest |
| 87 | type of turn restrictions (those formed from an initial way, a node and a second |
| 88 | way) are also obeyed. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | <p> |
| 91 | |
| 92 | The result of calculating the route can be presented in several different ways. |
| 93 | An HTML file can be produced that contains a description of the route to take |
| 94 | with instructions for each of the important junctions. The contents of the file |
| 95 | are created based on a set of translations specified in a configuration file. |
| 96 | The route is also available in a |
| 97 | <a class="ext" title="GPX format" href="http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp">GPX (GPS eXchange) XML format</a>. |
| 98 | format file containing either every point and highway segment (a track file) or |
| 99 | just a waypoint and translated instructions for the important junctions (a route |
| 100 | file). |
| 101 | Additionally there are two plain text files that contain all data points or just |
| 102 | the important ones (intended for debugging and further processing). |
| 103 | |
| 104 | <p> |
| 105 | |
| 106 | One of the design aims of Routino was to make the software are flexible as |
| 107 | possible in selecting routing preferences but also have a sensible set of |
| 108 | default values. Another design aim was that finding the optimum route should be |
| 109 | very fast and most of the speed increases come from the carefully chosen and |
| 110 | optimised data format. |
| 111 | |
| 112 | |
| 113 | <h2 id="H_1_2">Disclaimer</h2> |
| 114 | |
| 115 | The route that is calculated by this software is only as good as the input data. |
| 116 | |
| 117 | <p> |
| 118 | |
| 119 | Routino comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for the software itself or the route |
| 120 | that is calculated by it. |
| 121 | |
| 122 | |
| 123 | <h2 id="H_1_3">Demonstration</h2> |
| 124 | |
| 125 | A live demonstration of the router for the UK is available on the internet in |
| 126 | both OpenLayers and Leaflet versions: |
| 127 | <br> |
| 128 | <a href="http://www.routino.org/uk-leaflet/" title="Leaflet Router">http://www.routino.org/uk-leaflet/</a> |
| 129 | <br> |
| 130 | <a href="http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/" title="OpenLayers Router">http://www.routino.org/uk-openlayers/</a> |
| 131 | |
| 132 | <p> |
| 133 | |
| 134 | The source code download available below also includes a set of files that can |
| 135 | be used to create your own interactive map. |
| 136 | |
| 137 | <p> |
| 138 | |
| 139 | The interactive map is made possible by use of the OpenLayers or Leaflet |
| 140 | Javascript library from |
| 141 | <a class="ext" href="http://www.openlayers.org" title="OpenLayers">http://www.openlayers.org/</a> |
| 142 | or |
| 143 | <a class="ext" href="http://leafletjs.com" title="Leaflet">http://leafletjs.com/</a>. |
| 144 | |
| 145 | |
| 146 | <h2 id="H_1_4">Documentation</h2> |
| 147 | |
| 148 | A full set of |
| 149 | <a href="index.html" title="Documentation">documentation</a> |
| 150 | is available that describes how to install and use the programs as well as |
| 151 | what should go in the configuration files and how it works. |
| 152 | |
| 153 | |
| 154 | <h2 id="H_1_5">Status</h2> |
| 155 | |
| 156 | Version 1.0 of Routino was released on 8th April 2009. |
| 157 | <br> |
| 158 | Version 1.1 of Routino was released on 13th June 2009. |
| 159 | <br> |
| 160 | Version 1.2 of Routino was released on 21st October 2009. |
| 161 | <br> |
| 162 | Version 1.3 of Routino was released on 21st January 2010. |
| 163 | <br> |
| 164 | Version 1.4 of Routino was released on 31st May 2010. |
| 165 | <br> |
| 166 | Version 1.4.1 of Routino was released on 10th July 2010. |
| 167 | <br> |
| 168 | Version 1.5 of Routino was released on 30th October 2010. |
| 169 | <br> |
| 170 | Version 1.5.1 of Routino was released on 13th November 2010. |
| 171 | <br> |
| 172 | Version 2.0 of Routino was released on 30th May 2011. |
| 173 | <br> |
| 174 | Version 2.0.1 of Routino was released on 7th June 2011. |
| 175 | <br> |
| 176 | Version 2.0.2 of Routino was released on 26th June 2011. |
| 177 | <br> |
| 178 | Version 2.0.3 of Routino was released on 4th August 2011. |
| 179 | <br> |
| 180 | Version 2.1 of Routino was released on 3rd October 2011. |
| 181 | <br> |
| 182 | Version 2.1.1 of Routino was released on 23rd October 2011. |
| 183 | <br> |
| 184 | Version 2.1.2 of Routino was released on 12th November 2011. |
| 185 | <br> |
| 186 | Version 2.2 of Routino was released on 3rd March 2012. |
| 187 | <br> |
| 188 | Version 2.3 of Routino was released on 21st July 2012. |
| 189 | <br> |
| 190 | Version 2.3.1 of Routino was released on 11th August 2012. |
| 191 | <br> |
| 192 | Version 2.3.2 of Routino was released on 6th October 2012. |
| 193 | <br> |
| 194 | Version 2.4 of Routino was released on 8th December 2012. |
| 195 | <br> |
| 196 | Version 2.4.1 of Routino was released on 17th December 2012. |
| 197 | <br> |
| 198 | Version 2.5 of Routino was released on 9th February 2013. |
| 199 | <br> |
| 200 | Version 2.5.1 of Routino was released on 20th April 2013. |
| 201 | <br> |
| 202 | Version 2.6 of Routino was released on 6th July 2013. |
| 203 | <br> |
| 204 | Version 2.7 of Routino was released on 22nd March 2014. |
| 205 | <br> |
| 206 | Version 2.7.1 of Routino was released on 17th May 2014. |
| 207 | <br> |
| 208 | Version 2.7.2 of Routino was released on 26th June 2014. |
| 209 | <br> |
| 210 | Version 2.7.3 of Routino was released on 8th November 2014. |
| 211 | <br> |
| 212 | Version 3.0 of Routino was released on 12th September 2015. |
| 213 | |
| 214 | <p> |
| 215 | |
| 216 | The full version history is available in the NEWS.txt file. |
| 217 | |
| 218 | |
| 219 | <h3 id="H_1_5_1" title="Changes 3.0">Changes in Versions 3.0</h3> |
| 220 | |
| 221 | Version 3.0 - Windows compilation and library providing routing API. |
| 222 | |
| 223 | <dl> |
| 224 | <dt>Bug fixes: |
| 225 | <dd>Use a single definition of MAX_SEG_PER_NODE to avoid confusion. |
| 226 | <br>Fix bug with built-in translation strings if no XML translations available. |
| 227 | <br>Fix bug with makefiles related to creating new translations. |
| 228 | <br>Remove some pthread code that was still there when compiling without pthreads. |
| 229 | <br>Fix a use-after-free memory error and use of uninitialised allocated memory. |
| 230 | <br>Ensure that allocated strings are long enough for temporary filenames. |
| 231 | |
| 232 | <dt>Programs: |
| 233 | <dd>Add a '--version' option to all of the programs. |
| 234 | |
| 235 | <dt>Source Code: |
| 236 | <dd>Various C language cleanups including using '-pedantic' compiler option. |
| 237 | <br>Various changes to allow compiling with Microsoft Visual Studio C compiler. |
| 238 | <br>Various changes to allow compiling with MinGW or Cygwin on Microsoft Windows. |
| 239 | <br>Makefile updates: 'make clean' = release, 'make distclean' = SVN repository. |
| 240 | |
| 241 | <dt>API: |
| 242 | <dd>Create a library API that can perform routing functions. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | <dt>OSM tagging: |
| 245 | <dd>Remove cycle_barrier and bicycle_barrier since they do not block bicycles. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | <dt>Translations: |
| 248 | <dd>Updated Dutch and German translations. |
| 249 | <br>Added Hungarian and Polish translations provided through translation web page. |
| 250 | |
| 251 | <dt>Documentation: |
| 252 | <dd>Add meta tags to HTML to help mobile devices, tidy up the CSS. |
| 253 | <br>Create instructions for compiling on Microsoft Windows. |
| 254 | <br>Create API description for Routino library usage. |
| 255 | |
| 256 | <dt>Web pages: |
| 257 | <dd>Allow drag-and-drop of waypoints within the list and onto the map. |
| 258 | </dl> |
| 259 | |
| 260 | <p> |
| 261 | <b>Note:</b> This version is compatible with databases from version 2.7.1 - 2.7.3. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | |
| 264 | <h2 id="H_1_6">License</h2> |
| 265 | |
| 266 | This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under |
| 267 | the terms of the |
| 268 | <a class="ext" title="Affero GPLv3" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html">GNU Affero General Public License</a> |
| 269 | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, |
| 270 | or (at your option) any later version. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | <p> |
| 273 | |
| 274 | It is important to note that for this program I have decided to use the |
| 275 | <em>Affero GPLv3</em> instead of just using the GPL. This license adds |
| 276 | additional requirements to anybody who provides a networked service using this |
| 277 | software. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | |
| 280 | <h3 id="H_1_6_1">Copyright</h3> |
| 281 | |
| 282 | Routino is copyright Andrew M. Bishop 2008-2015. |
| 283 | |
| 284 | |
| 285 | <h2 id="H_1_7">Homepage</h2> |
| 286 | |
| 287 | The <a title="Homepage" href="http://www.routino.org/">Routino homepage</a> |
| 288 | has the latest news about the program. |
| 289 | |
| 290 | |
| 291 | <h2 id="H_1_8">Download</h2> |
| 292 | |
| 293 | The <a title="Download directory" href="http://www.routino.org/download/">download directory</a> |
| 294 | contains the latest version of the source code. |
| 295 | |
| 296 | <h3 id="H_1_8_1">Subversion</h3> |
| 297 | |
| 298 | The source code can also be downloaded from the |
| 299 | <a title="SVN Repository" href="http://routino.org/svn/trunk/">Subversion repository</a> |
| 300 | with a command like the following: |
| 301 | |
| 302 | <pre class="boxed"> |
| 303 | svn co http://routino.org/svn/trunk routino |
| 304 | </pre> |
| 305 | |
| 306 | <p> |
| 307 | The source code can also be browsed in the |
| 308 | <a title="SVN Viewer" href="http://www.routino.org/viewvc/trunk/">Subversion viewer</a> |
| 309 | which also has a list of the |
| 310 | <a title="SVN Changes" href="http://www.routino.org/viewvc/trunk/?view=log">latest changes</a>. |
| 311 | |
| 312 | |
| 313 | </div> |
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| 322 | © Andrew M. Bishop - <a href="http://www.routino.org/">http://www.routino.org/</a> |
| 323 | </address> |
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