map_router

A high-performance routing engine for road networks. Computes shortest paths using Contraction Hierarchies with bidirectional Dijkstra, serving queries over an HTTP API.

Loads OpenStreetMap data, builds an optimized graph, and answers route queries in milliseconds.

How It Works

The system has two phases:

1. Preprocess — parse an OSM PBF file, build a road graph, run Contraction Hierarchies, and serialize to a binary file
2. Serve — load the binary graph and answer route queries via HTTP

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.26+

Build

make build

This produces three binaries in bin/:

• map-router-preprocess — builds the graph from OSM data
• map-router-server — serves the HTTP API
• map-router-visualize — web UI for comparing routes

Download OSM Data

make download-osm

Downloads the Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei extract from Geofabrik.

Preprocess

bin/map-router-preprocess \
  --input malaysia-singapore-brunei-latest.osm.pbf \
  --output graph.bin \
  --singapore

Flags:

• --input — path to the .osm.pbf file
• --output — path for the binary graph output
• --singapore — filter to Singapore bounding box
• --kl — filter to Kuala Lumpur bounding box
• --bbox lat_min,lng_min,lat_max,lng_max — custom bounding box

Run the Server

bin/map-router-server --graph graph.bin --port 8080

Flags:

• --graph — path to the preprocessed binary graph
• --port — HTTP port (default: 8080)
• --cors-origin — allowed CORS origin (optional)

API

Route

POST /api/v1/route
Content-Type: application/json

Request:

{
  "start": { "lat": 1.3521, "lng": 103.8198 },
  "end": { "lat": 1.2903, "lng": 103.8515 }
}

Response:

{
  "total_distance_meters": 12345.6,
  "segments": [
    {
      "distance_meters": 500.2,
      "geometry": [
        { "lat": 1.3521, "lng": 103.8198 },
        { "lat": 1.3450, "lng": 103.8250 }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Errors:

Status	Code	Description
400	invalid_request	Malformed JSON or missing Content-Type
400	invalid_coordinates	Coordinates out of range or non-finite
404	no_route_found	No path between the two points
422	point_too_far_from_road	Start or end point is more than 500m from a road

Health

GET /api/v1/health

Returns {"status": "ok"}.

Stats

GET /api/v1/stats

Returns node and edge counts for the loaded graph.

Project Structure

cmd/
  preprocess/    OSM parsing, graph building, CH contraction
  server/        HTTP API server
  visualize/     Web UI for route comparison
pkg/
  osm/           OSM PBF parser (car-accessible roads)
  graph/         CSR graph data structure and binary serialization
  geo/           Haversine, equirectangular distance, point-to-segment
  ch/            Contraction Hierarchies preprocessing
  routing/       Snapping, CH Dijkstra, path unpacking
  api/           HTTP handlers and models

Testing

make test          # run tests
make test-verbose  # verbose output
make bench         # benchmarks
make vet           # static analysis

License

MIT