How to integrate openstreetmap with UWP to find the shortest path

hi I want to develop an UWP app (a Windows phone app) which shows a map on a user interface. When user select 2 points it should shows the shortest path on the map. I am going to implement the dijkstra's algorithm to find the shortest path.I can implement this algorithm if I have map data. I just don't understand how to start. How to integrate openstreet map with my UWP app and how to get map data.

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asked 05 Jan '18, 08:26

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edited 05 Jan '18, 22:44

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Basically there are 3 solutions:

you use the API of a 3rd party provider to specify 2 points and let them calculate the route. This will probably cost you money to use their API, but you do no have to create a routing algorithm, nor do you have to download OSM data.
You download OSM-data to a local server, transform that data in such a way that you can develop a routing algorithm. Then you create an API on top of that server which you call from your UWP app (a Windows phone app)
You do the same as in step 2, but move the data to the phone (so-called off line maps) instead of keeping it on the server. This is the approach Maps.me, OsmAnd, MagicEarth etc. use

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answered 05 Jan '18, 10:48

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Thank you so much for the great clarification :)

(08 Jan '18, 02:41) swiftDroid

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