HeiGIT , University of Heidelberg
Timothy Ellersiek is one of the core developers of Openrouteservice (ORS) – a free to use route planning service purely based on Openstreetmap data. ORS is developed by the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) funded by the Klaus Tschira Stiftung. The API offers all different kinds of profiles and options providing the user with a highly customizable environment to plan routes all over the globe.
HeiGIT is directed by Prof. Alexander Zipf.