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openrouteservice 10.0.0 “Amalthea” release

We are announcing the major release of openrouteservice with version…

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Two Tools for Shade-Aware Urban Planning

Free, high-resolution shade data for European cities, together with two…
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Map with a red route line and a photo of a disaster area with collapsed buildings and rubble

Dynamic routing for disaster response in Venezuela

Following the catastrophic earthquakes in Venezuela on June 24, 2026,…

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Presentation slide with text 'Introducing a new service for public transport routing' and a photo of a bus at a stop with people nearby

Introducing a new service for public transport routing

For well over a decade, our team has been transferring…

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Use Case: Creating Deep Time Walk Routes with openrouteservice

Deep Time Walk offers facilitated walks of 4.6 kilometers, where…
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Road scene showing multiple vehicles in traffic on a multi-lane road with a yellow delivery van on the right and Heig-IT logo and text about Openrouteservice and emission models on the left.

Use-case: Combining openrouteservice with emission model data to visualize emissions along a route

This article is based on a talk presented by Leonie…
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Introducing the technology behind heat-avoiding routing: How a Heidelberg research initiative became a nationally scalable open-source tool

The origin In 2021, HeiGIT, the GIScience Research Group, and…

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Heat-Resilient Mobility in 80 Major German Cities and an Invitation to Shape Its Future

The new HeiGIT application shows how digital geodata can make…

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Efficient waste collection remains a major challenge in many rapidly growing cities. In a pilot study in Kenya, openrouteservice (ORS) is being used to improve solid waste collection planning and identify underserved areas.

Optimizing solid waste collection in underserved regions using openrouteservice: a pilot study in Kisumu, Kenya

Efficient waste collection remains a major challenge in many rapidly…
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OpenStreetMap data as a basis for routing—how well does it really work?

The article is based on the talk Benjamin Herfort (HeiGIT)…
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Use-case: evaluating urban cycling across several European cities with openrouteservice

The study introduces a BIKE Index, a multi-dimensional framework for…
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Use Case: Mapping Pedestrian Accessibility in Jakarta with Openrouteservice

A recent study on cultural ecosystem service access in Jakarta…
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Rethinking Humanitarian Routing: When Every Minute and Mile Matter

In humanitarian emergencies, delivering relief in time is key. Every…

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openrouteservice use-case: Enhancing Sustainable Travel in Small Cities and Outer Metropolitan Areas

The ENHANCE project explores how 15-minute city principles can be…

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Five open-source tools to harness geographic knowledge for disaster management

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is a valuable resource for an…

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A Routing App to Avoid the Heat: HEAL App now available also for Worms

As summer temperatures soar, being outdoors poses rising health risks,…

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