Blue Hour Routes, A True Scenic Router
New acc, made one for this, finally. Had you told me a year and a half ago that I'd actually launch, I would have called you crazy. This is my first time working with mapping and OSM, and I'm excited to say, that after a year of work, I'm launching Blue Hour Routes.
Blue Hour Routes is a scenic router. Instead of routing through a curated list of POIs, you pick what kind of scenery you want (forests, lakes, mountains, orchards, rivers, vineyards, coastline), and the routing algorithm scores possible paths based on how much of your selected features they pass through. Each route generates a code you can save and revisit anytime. Paired with OsmAnd for turn-by-turn navigation.
As amazing as it is, it is currently limited to Washington State, solely because that's just the data I downloaded. Luckily, the algorithm works irrespective of location, so I'll download the whole world soon and get started on that.
Here's the link for you to test out (completely free! - for now): https://www.bluehourroutes.com/
The current model is Lund 1.1, which works very well but will tend to generate different routes between the same two points if ran twice. 1.2 will solve that issue. Working on it as we speak.
I'm curious for the feedback. Thank you!