Brouter add tag for wheelchair routing

Build .rd5 routing file for BRouter from .pbf file

1. Download the BRouter source code. Open a terminal, create a new folder and navigate to it

   mkdir brouter
   cd brouter

   To download the most recent code execute git clone https://github.com/abrensch/brouter.git. You might have to install git first.

   Alternatively download and unzip the code fom 2024-05-30 from my website [2.1 MB]

   wget --continue https://trafficpixel.tk/share/2024/brouter/brouter_source-2024-05-30.zip
   unzip brouter_source-2024-05-30.zip
   mv brouter-master brouter

2. Compile BRouter without the app. You need to have installed Java. Check if you have installed Java: java -version if it says command not found then you have to install Java first.
3. Switch the folder cd brouter/ then start compiling. This needed 3.5 minutes on my laptop. ./gradlew clean build fatJar
4. Download an extract of OpenStreetMap data in .pbf format from Geofabrik, for example Liechtenstein (because it is small and fast to process). You can also merge multiple pbf files.

   cd misc/scripts/mapcreation/
   wget --continue https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/liechtenstein-latest.osm.pbf

   rename the file to planet-latest.osm.pbf mv *.osm.pbf planet-latest.osm.pbf
5. The supplied script process_pbf_planet.sh does not work properly because some programs it uses changed and now expect different file name extensions. I changed the script a bit. It copies files and uses more storage but at least it works. Download my adapted script. wget https://trafficpixel.tk/share/2024/brouter/process_pbf_planet_2024-06-09.sh This step can be skipped if you already downloaded it earlier.
6. start the script and start the map creation sh process_pbf_planet_2024-06-09.sh
7. After some time if no error occurs the resulting E5_N45.rd5 files is in the directory tmp/segments.
8. If you want to change the lookups.dat file, change the file at brouter/misc/profiles2/lookups.dat. After that you can run the map creation script. Finally copy the changed lookups.dat file to the profiles2 folder on your server, computer or smartphone and the resulting .rd5 files to the segments4 folder.. The lookups.dat file currently contains 2 non-UTF8 characters. This can lead to errors when editing the file. You can download a corrected version from my server

   cd ../../profiles2 #changes 2 folders up, then to profiles2 directory
   mv lookups.dat lookups.dat.bak #saves a backup of the current lookups.dat file at lookups.dat.bak
   wget https://trafficpixel.tk/share/2024/brouter/lookups.dat #downloads corrected file
   cd ../scripts/mapcreation #changes back to mapcreation directory

How to install git in Debian based systems

• open a terminal and type sudo apt install git, hit the Enter key, enter your password if asked, answer the question if you want to install by pressing the Y key and then hit Enter. After downloading and installing you can download the code.
• Alternatively switch to the root account su root, enter your password, type apt install git and follow the previous procedure. After installing, exit from the root account by typing exit and hitting the Enter key.

How to install java in a Debian based system

• open a terminal and type sudo apt install default-jre, hit the Enter key, enter your password if asked, answer the question if you want to install by pressing the Y key and then hit Enter. After downloading and installing you can use java.
• Alternatively switch to the root account su root, enter your password, type apt install default-jre and follow the previous procedure. After installing, exit from the root account by typing exit and hitting the Enter key. Back to compiling

How to merge multiple pbf files

• Download all needed .pbf files from Geofabrik merge them using osmium osmium merge *.pbf -o merged.pbf
• Now copy the file merged.pbf to brouter/misc/scripts/mapcreation/ and rename to planet-latest.osm.pbf . You might have to install osmium first. After that start the map creation

How to install osmium in Debian based systems

• open a terminal and type sudo apt install osmium-tool, hit the Enter key, enter your password if asked, answer the question if you want to install by pressing the Y key and then hit Enter.
• Alternatively switch to the root account su root, enter your password, type apt install osmium-tool and follow the previous procedure. After installing, exit from the root account by typing exit and hitting the Enter key. Back to merge pbf