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-The following people contributed code to the Open Source Routing Machine:
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-Christian Vetter 
-Dennis Luxen
-Ruslan Krenzler
-Frederik Ramm
-Bharath Vissapragada
-Pascal Neis
-Sasa Ivetic
-Emil Tin
-Henning Moll
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-For instructions on how to compile and run OSRM, please consult the Wiki at
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-https://github.com/DennisOSRM/Project-OSRM/wiki
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-or use our free and daily updated online service at
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-http://map.project-osrm.org
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