Is there a mapping software that can read OSM data?

[Panoramix]

That would be cool to plan bike rides when OSM gets there. In a perfect world i would be able to

• Pan and zoom around
• Create a route which gives me:
  
  • elevation
  • editable GPX of waypoints for each turn
  • tracklog
• upload my gps track after a ride to view it + upload to OSM the missing bits

I know, I can be a bit of a dreamer... But I find that in Bristol the OSM data is more detailed than OSmaps

[andygates]

A Bikely-style route planner shouldn't be beyond the wit of man.  Can I suggest that you visit OpenCycleMap.org and suggest it to the alpha nerds as a really good upgrade?

[Richard Fairhurst]

CloudMade Maps does routing and is based on OSM data, though doesn't do the bells and whistles yet.

[andygates]

Oh, Cloudmade is good.  I love the different routing modes.  Fast too!

(though it does think lanes are better than a-roads, caveat routor, my test routes would be a trifle hilly!)

[Panoramix]

+1 on cloudmade. I have entered my commute as a test and it gave me the route I am using the most often!!!

[Panoramix]

Bingo!!!

If you press export, it gives you a track made with wpt  + a rte with turn by turn rtept!!!

I still need to tinker for it to be usable by my cheap GPS but it looks good.

[andygates]

Good, innit? 

The "cycle" mode is very A-road shy and very bike-lane happy, though.  Worth trying both.

I'll tell you what, routing really shows where the map is a bit dodgy.  I've just spent half an hour linking paths that were just flopped onto the map near each other - fine for eyeballs, not for routing.  If you get an insane routing choice, it's worth checking at the first "silly" turn that the turn is drawn right!

[Panoramix]

Really good...

And there is an API: Python Lib Examples - Python API - CloudMade Developers Zone
that humans can understand!

and it calculated land end to John O Groat in 15s...

[Panoramix]

I've looked at these, but not tried them myself yet:
Viking - Main Page - VikingWiki
Prune - Activity Workshop - Prune
QLandKarte - Welcome to QLandkarte GT/M

I think they can display OSM maps, and let you plot tracks, waypoints etc on them, and transfer to a GPS etc. Though I don't think they do autorouting.

Or there's Gosmore: Gosmore - OpenStreetMap
It can display OSM maps and do autorouting (including some sort of bicycle routing), but I don't know if it can save the routes to GPX or anything.

Thanks Craig, these look good for post ride analysis!