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• By karussell 2026-02-192:21

  That was a nice project. Gave GraphHopper some visibility :)

  OpenCage did an interview with one of the creators Raphael Reimann:

  https://blog.opencagedata.com/post/135637030948/open-geo-int...

  btw: 2019 moovel kind of merged together with FreeNow (formerly mytaxi) which was recently aquired by Lyft...

• By Insanity 2026-02-193:16

  There's also this website which shows ancient Roman roads: https://itiner-e.org/. Note that some roads are speculative / hypothetical though. But regardless it's also a cool road map related to Rome.

• By uwagar 2026-02-194:521 reply

  cant any point on the map with a road be a rome?

  By refactor_master 2026-02-195:331 reply

  Yes, even ferries in Scandinavia can be roads when it makes for a better map… Or not ferries in the Mediterranean when it doesn’t.

  Honestly I think this part

  > The resulting images bring insights into the ways in which road infrastructure reflect regional, political and geographical situations.

  should just be taken as pseudo-profound art fluff. Are you telling me all Greek commercial transport goes straight through non-Schengen instead of just ferrying across?

  By uwagar 2026-02-196:37

  fudgings for better lookings!

  and roman empire appeals to the usa.

  indeed, shipping and air transport breaks the ideology. wonder what teleportation would bring!