Our map data comes from OpenStreetMap, the free map of the world.

OpenStreetMap (‘OSM’) is made by thousands of volunteer contributors who add their personal knowledge to the site, much like Wikipedia. We’ve been with OSM since its very first days and have seen it grow from a hobbyist project to the world’s best map.

Fixing the map

If there’s something missing from cycle.travel’s mapping or routing, you can fix it on OpenStreetMap. It will then show through on cycle.travel next time we take an update.

Map updates

cycle.travel takes an update from OSM roughly once a month. So if you’ve made a change in OSM, it could take a short while before it’s reflected in cycle.travel’s mapping and routing.

While the map is being updated (usually overnight, European time), the map you see on cycle.travel may temporarily switch to the default OpenStreetMap cartography, which doesn’t show bike routes. This only lasts a few hours.