BRouter Offline Navigation
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About BRouter Offline Navigation
Configurable, elevation-aware (bike-) Router for OFFLINE Navigation based on Open-Street-Map ( OSM) Data. Works in conjunction with a (OSM-) Map Application, e.g. OsmAnd, Locus-Maps or Oruxmaps.
See http://brouter.de/brouter for more documenation
See http://brouter.de/brouter-web for an online version.
*** If you do not know one of OsmAnd, Locus-Maps or Oruxmaps, then the BRouter-App is useless for you. Download only if you are willing to spend some time to understand the setup. No one-star reviews from the unpatient please! email for problems ***
BRouter does only the plain route-calculation and does not display a map or the calculated route on it's own and therefore works only together with a Map Application. There are two different methods for the interfacing between BRouter and the Map application: BRouter offers a service interface that is called by the map application without a need to start the BRouter-App. This way, BRouter is a routing service very much like an online routing service, including dynamic recalculations if you get off the track. The other mode of operation is to start the BRouter-App and use waypoints from the map application's waypoint database to define your route. The calculated route is then written as a GPX file (including the elevation profile) to the map-application's tracks directory.
Locus and Oruxmaps and OsmAnd support both the service interface and the interface via the wayoint database in their current versions available on Google Play.
The service interface uses a timeout of 60s, limiting it's use to distances of about 50km, but using the BRouter App you are able to calculate much longer distances. But even long-distance tracks can be followed via the service interface (including dynamic recalculations). This is done by pre-calculating a route for your destination once using the BRouter App and assigning it to a routing mode via the "Server-Mode" Button. This feature is called "timeout-free recalculations".
The route calculation, no matter if via the service interface or via the BRouter App, also considers nogo areas that can be defined as waypoints with a special naming convention (e.g. "nogo200" for 200m radius). This way it is possible to account for actual obstacles, but this feature can also be used to enforce personal preferences.
BRouter contains a download manager that assists downloading the required routing data files.The download manager is called on the first start of the app, and later on it is offered if internet access is available.
The mapping from one of the 6 routing modes (car/bike/foot * fast/short), that are used traditionally by routing services, and BRouter's concept of fully configurable routing profiles get's the following default mapping after the installation of BRouter:
car-fast -> car-test
car-short -> moped
bike-fast -> fastbike
bike-short -> trekking
foot-fast -> shortest
foot-short -> shortest
This mapping, however, can by changed anytime via the "Server-Mode" Button of the BRouter App. But also the routing profile definitions can be changed or new ones can be created.
Routing for cars is is currently available only in an experimental state ("car-test") and is not recommend. For example, turn-restriction are not taken into account.
See http://brouter.de/brouter for more documenation
See http://brouter.de/brouter-web for an online version.
*** If you do not know one of OsmAnd, Locus-Maps or Oruxmaps, then the BRouter-App is useless for you. Download only if you are willing to spend some time to understand the setup. No one-star reviews from the unpatient please! email for problems ***
BRouter does only the plain route-calculation and does not display a map or the calculated route on it's own and therefore works only together with a Map Application. There are two different methods for the interfacing between BRouter and the Map application: BRouter offers a service interface that is called by the map application without a need to start the BRouter-App. This way, BRouter is a routing service very much like an online routing service, including dynamic recalculations if you get off the track. The other mode of operation is to start the BRouter-App and use waypoints from the map application's waypoint database to define your route. The calculated route is then written as a GPX file (including the elevation profile) to the map-application's tracks directory.
Locus and Oruxmaps and OsmAnd support both the service interface and the interface via the wayoint database in their current versions available on Google Play.
The service interface uses a timeout of 60s, limiting it's use to distances of about 50km, but using the BRouter App you are able to calculate much longer distances. But even long-distance tracks can be followed via the service interface (including dynamic recalculations). This is done by pre-calculating a route for your destination once using the BRouter App and assigning it to a routing mode via the "Server-Mode" Button. This feature is called "timeout-free recalculations".
The route calculation, no matter if via the service interface or via the BRouter App, also considers nogo areas that can be defined as waypoints with a special naming convention (e.g. "nogo200" for 200m radius). This way it is possible to account for actual obstacles, but this feature can also be used to enforce personal preferences.
BRouter contains a download manager that assists downloading the required routing data files.The download manager is called on the first start of the app, and later on it is offered if internet access is available.
The mapping from one of the 6 routing modes (car/bike/foot * fast/short), that are used traditionally by routing services, and BRouter's concept of fully configurable routing profiles get's the following default mapping after the installation of BRouter:
car-fast -> car-test
car-short -> moped
bike-fast -> fastbike
bike-short -> trekking
foot-fast -> shortest
foot-short -> shortest
This mapping, however, can by changed anytime via the "Server-Mode" Button of the BRouter App. But also the routing profile definitions can be changed or new ones can be created.
Routing for cars is is currently available only in an experimental state ("car-test") and is not recommend. For example, turn-restriction are not taken into account.
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App History & Updates
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- for version history see http://brouter.de/brouter/revisions.html
Note to Android 4.4 and 5xx users: Read http://brouter.de/brouter/kitkat_survival_readme.txt for how to get the routing data on the external SD-card with Android >= 4.4
- for version history see http://brouter.de/brouter/revisions.html
Note to Android 4.4 and 5xx users: Read http://brouter.de/brouter/kitkat_survival_readme.txt for how to get the routing data on the external SD-card with Android >= 4.4
More downloads BRouter Offline Navigation reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update BRouter Offline Navigation was updated to version 1.4.8
Version update BRouter Offline Navigation was updated to version 1.4.3
More downloads BRouter Offline Navigation reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
What are users saying about BRouter Offline Navigation
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A very useful complement/plugin for various offline maps such as locus and osmand. Make sure to download the sector where you need the routing capability. When navigating and internet goes stoneage, you should have this as one of you alternatives. Take note that it doesn't know all one-way (under construction roads like waze does) but it should give you an idea of the routes to take esp on far flung areas. N00BS who will be using this, read first how to use before whining--use some brain cells. Ciao!
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Per 550km lenkijos slovakijos pasieniu pravažiavome su dviračiais. Nereikėjo net popierinio žemėlapio. Locus+BRouter idealiai vedė link tikslo, net ir miškingomis kalnuotomis vietovėmis
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Avoids bikeways often follows main Roads. Dangerous.
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Great companion to Locus Maps. Been looking for something with altitude navigation for a long time for biking or winter driving when the roads are icy.
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There might be an auto update feature implemented to keep the data files always up to date
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Custom routing profiles, world class!
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Ready to use and configure particularly with Locus Map. The routing algorithm is actually making sense most of the time which is great for me, the best part however is the fact that's free
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I use locus maps as a go to for hiking and cycling, so this is an ace tool to have for those times you have the mail downloaded but no internet.
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App isn't programmed to work, update somewhere along the way killed it
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Requires another app to display the route, for example orux map. Orux map is what I'm using and it works great!
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Quite fast and accurate.
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Beim ersten Start lädt man eine Karte herunter. Beim zweiten Start ist dann Schluss: praktisch rein textbasierte Benutzerführung, die mir einen Servermodus anbietet, der dann auch wieder die App beendet, oder in einem Hilfetext nicht wirklich sagt, was jetzt tun ist.
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Locus + brouter is an amazing combination. Where do I donate money?
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How to open to get started Stupid app
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Love it. Setting up is a bit tricky, but worth the effort.
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Why the most recent version is not available through play store?!
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This is an awesome app. I used it for a 1600 mile tour of the UK using the recumbent profile (vm-forum-liegerad-schnell.brf), this consistently took me on quiet roads and avoided the worst hills. As others have said it takes a bit of work to understand and set it up to use, but to me it is well worth investing the time. I used it with OSMAND, with a headphone in one ear so I could head the announcements over any traffic, and the 'Turn Screen On' function so the screen was only lit when approaching a junction saving precious battery.
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I used with Locus (in-app maps were OSM) to create guided routes for cycling and bushwalking. Was impressed it managed to find & use cyclepaths & bushtrails readily. It helped to set waypoints so as to not drift onto roads then back to paths again when BRouter calculated shortest route. Didn't have the issues others had in working out how to use this app
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Fast and Flawless. U can download any area for offline use. Im using it with oruxmaps.
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but if i set the app directory to the sdcard, the app complains it can't find the files it's supposed to create and crashes so epically that you have th reinstall the app.
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I would love to find clearer instructions for configuring brouter on the Galaxy S5, with OsmAnd, with the sd card for the data, and lollipop. I'm sorry, I'm patient enough, but the instructions are not in great English and are pretty confusing.
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This is an awesome app. I used it for a 1600 mile tour of the UK using the recumbent profile (vm-forum-liegerad-schnell.brf), this consistently took me on quiet roads and avoided the worst hills. As others have said it takes a bit of work to understand and set it up to use, but to me it is well worth investing the time. I used it with OSMAND, with a headphone in one ear so I could head the announcements over any traffic, and the 'Turn Screen On' function so the screen was only lit when approaching a junction saving precious battery.
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Even the user interface is, well, not exactly user friendly, this is a wonderful app, works perfectly.
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I love it and it works great. But there is no way I want to explain how to get it to work to someone else. Needs an epub manual download to go with it. I keep having to go back and check
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I used with Locus (in-app maps were OSM) to create guided routes for cycling and bushwalking. Was impressed it managed to find & use cyclepaths & bushtrails readily. It helped to set waypoints so as to not drift onto roads then back to paths again when BRouter calculated shortest route. Didn't have the issues others had in working out how to use this app
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I dont really know how to use these i think it is much better if you have to put instructions first before downloading the grid so that the user will know what to do.. please explain... thank you
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there is a map, if you click on a square it gets double-crossed, single-crossed or the same in other direction. what that means is a mystery.. I haven't tested the navigation yet, hoping it would be worth the pain of waiting for it to finish downloading all four squares of something (rather than using Android download service like everything else.. (I'd limit the transfer speed on a server side..))
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Fantastic in combination with Locus Pro. Very flexible profile scripts can be edited if you want to modify the routing behaviour.
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It's don't have any options how to use it
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Very helpful, can be used directly from Locus (another great software). Using for all my longdistance (day-by-day) and city route planning. Also the online, browser based version is very handy for planning.
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Find my way home
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Get It!
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5* if UI was nicer. Just needs to dump the Android 2.0 style. It is not that hard, other than that this app is solid 4*, adds offline route calculation that is extremely useful!
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Can't get it to work.
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Hey I like it this app. ©
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I cannot express how wonderful this software is! On a tour across the continent it guided me to big and small places, sometimes along such small roads that locals thought it was a dead end (it wasn't). My life has truly been enriched by brouter, THANK YOU!
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Instead of downloading separate countries, you download this stupid squares.
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The UI needs some serious polishing, but the flexibility of the configuration language is unmatched.
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It works! Nice
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Brilliant, have been using it for hiking and trekking in several countries (as a Locus map service) and it works great. The app itself, in "download" mode looks a little rudimentary- but makes the job well done anyway. Perhaps adding an option to auto update the downloaded tiles, or at least check and notify if the data has changed since last download?