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Pathfinder vs OSRM: What are the differences?

Pathfinder: Routing as a service. Pathfinder is a new real-time routing service in public beta. Pathfinder calculates routes for transportation services. These routes are updated in real time as users make transportation or delivery requests. Through our SDKs, applications can subscribe to routes as they change in response to user requests; OSRM: Modern C++ routing engine for shortest paths in road networks. It is a C++ implementation of a high-performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks.

Pathfinder and OSRM belong to "Mapping APIs" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Pathfinder are:

  • Real-time updates
  • Cluster separation
  • Route configuration

On the other hand, OSRM provides the following key features:

  • Flexible import of OpenStreetMap data
  • Handles continental sized networks within milliseconds
  • Supports car, bicycle, walk modes
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What is OSRM?

It is a C++ implementation of a high-performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks

What is Pathfinder?

Pathfinder is a new real-time routing service in public beta. Pathfinder calculates routes for transportation services. These routes are updated in real time as users make transportation or delivery requests. Through our SDKs, applications can subscribe to routes as they change in response to user requests.

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