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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Recently a new “<a
href="http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/OSMtools/" style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 34,
34); border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">OSM Tools
Plugin</a>” for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://www.qgis.org/en/site/" target="_blank"
style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color:
rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">QGIS</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>had been developed by Nils
Nolde. It replaces the original <span style="padding: 0px; margin:
0px;">OSMroute plugin</span><span style="padding: 0px; margin:
0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for QGIS by
Riccardo Klinger, which is now deprecated, as he unfortunately
lacks the time to maintain it. Thanks a lot to Riccardo and Nils
for their wonderful efforts and contributions so far!</span></p>
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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">The new<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong
style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">“OSM Tools” Plugin<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong>is compatible
with the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://k1z.blog.uni-heidelberg.de/2017/04/29/openrouteservice-with-new-api-functions-and-look/"
target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;
text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom:
1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">recently introduced new ORS API</a>.
The plugin provides some of the most relevant functions of the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis/OpenRouteService/ors-api/4.0"
target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;
text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom:
1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">ORS API</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for QGIS users, such as<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px;">geocoding/reverse gecoding</strong>,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px;">routing</strong>, as well as<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="padding:
0px; margin: 0px;">accessibility analysis</strong><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(i.e. creating an
isochrone map). The ORS API is continuing to grow with many
further options that can be integrated into the open source
plugin.</p>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Here you can find a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://www.digital-geography.com/short-announcement-new-osm-routing-plugin-for-qgis-osm-tools/#.WUvfthMT5dA"
target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;
text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom:
1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">short overview and intro</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with some screenshots.</p>
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color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma,
arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; font-style: normal;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;">Have some fun with using ORS from your favourite GIS
System.<br>
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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><a href="http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/OSMtools/"
target="_blank" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;
text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom:
1px solid rgb(153, 102, 51);">http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/OSMtools/</a></p>
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color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, verdana, tahoma,
arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.16px; font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;
font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none;
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><a href="https://github.com/nilsnolde/ORStools"
target="_self" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;
text-decoration: none; color: rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom:
1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">https://github.com/nilsnolde/ORStools</a></p>
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255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color:
initial;"><a href="https://openrouteservice.org/" target="_blank"
style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; color:
rgb(119, 34, 34); border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(153, 102, 51);">https://openrouteservice.org</a></p>
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GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis">http://uni-heidelberg.de/gis</a>
Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology
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