Show HN: RouteScout – A bike routing app that lets you love or hate hills
I found that route makers like Google Maps get you from point A to B on a bike, but they don’t give you fun routes. So i made my own
RouteScout lets you: - Control the surfaces (never gravel or dirt with a road bike!) on the route - Indicate your preference for hills (I LOVE or HATE hills gives you different routes) - Prefer routes with bike lanes and cycling paths and roads made for bikes. - Filter types of roads (big roads gone!) - And when looping around it won’t take you back on the same exact road on the way back
*Upcoming feature*: Being able to use your previous activities from Strava to give you the option to favor roads that you’ve never been on (or have been on).
The app is free forever (without selling daya). Try it here: https://routescout.tennisbowling.com
I wrote all of the routing, database, and logic (no AI) So if you end up running into any issues please email me at rs@tennisbowling.com and i’ll fix them asap.
I’d also be super down if anyone is interested in discussing how it works under the hood (and i’m planning on open sourcing this).
But generally the stack is rust using postgres which has all of the osm nodes stored inside it + other info (elevation, etc), and then it uses astar with your settings to make your route.