New OpenRouteService now with live traffic data, improved route profiles, new Leaflet client and more — Today GIScience Heidelberg is happy to introduce several new features in OpenRouteService:
OpenRouteService.org now offers live traffic information in Germany provided by the The Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt). Every 5 minutes the traffic information is updated and refreshed on the map. Every segment containing a traffic information is colored and has clickable icons with more information. In case your route is affected by such traffic events then the individual traffic messages will be shown in your route instructions list.
Please note that the new ORS client is only tested on Firefox, Chrome and Safari. A more detailed list of changes can be found on github.
OpenRouteService.org currently offers routing for Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania with up2date OpenStreetMap data. For the next two days only Germany is supported, but the original continents will be covered again around Christmas time. Stay tuned for further enhancements.