How to … automate distance and travel time calculations using R and OSRM
Some background about OSM and OSRM
A Wiki all about the OSM-Project: [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page](http://in%20order%20to%20keep%20this%20part%20rather%20short%2C%20instead%20of%20talking%20about%20all%20the%20details%2C%20i%20just%20give%20some%20helpful%20links%20about%20osm%20and%20osrm%2C%20and%20will%20focus%20more%20on%20solving%20the%20problem%20itself.%20a%20wiki%20all%20about%20the%20osm-project:%20https//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page%20%20A%20place%20where%20you%20can%20download%20relevant%20data%20from%20the%20OSM-Project:%20https://download.geofabrik.de/%20%20The%20Github-Place%20for%20the%20OSRM-Service%20and%20some%20documention:%20https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki)
A place where you can download relevant data from the OSM-Project: [https://download.geofabrik.de/](http://in%20order%20to%20keep%20this%20part%20rather%20short%2C%20instead%20of%20talking%20about%20all%20the%20details%2C%20i%20just%20give%20some%20helpful%20links%20about%20osm%20and%20osrm%2C%20and%20will%20focus%20more%20on%20solving%20the%20problem%20itself.%20a%20wiki%20all%20about%20the%20osm-project:%20https//wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page%20%20A%20place%20where%20you%20can%20download%20relevant%20data%20from%20the%20OSM-Project:%20https://download.geofabrik.de/%20%20The%20Github-Place%20for%20the%20OSRM-Service%20and%20some%20documention:%20https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki)
The Github-Place for the OSRM-Service and some documention: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki
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Apr 19, 2020
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