The Route API is a service that computes a route between two places. This API offers customizable features for determining routes accurately. It can serve requests for truck specific routing, time based routing, choosing between fastest and shortest route types and also offers to return segment-wise speed limits of the route suggested. The traffic conditions are also factored in, to avoid delays under usual circumstances.
This API offers the following features to optimize your navigation experience:
- Optimal Routing: Determine the best path between locations using spatial coordinates and real-time traffic data, optimized for fastest travel time or shortest distance.
- Advanced Trip Planning: Plan your journeys in advance by setting a departure time to receive optimal routes and estimated times of arrival (ETAs).
- Diverse Driving Modes: Obtain safe and legal directions tailored for various modes of transport, including walking, cycling, motorbiking, cars, and trucks.
- Route Customization: Avoid or exclude routes with specific maneuvers or road objects, such as tolls, right/left turns, U-turns, highways or service roads.
- Truck-Specific Routing: Cater to unique truck routing needs by considering factors like truck weight and dimensions, weight distribution per axle, hazardous cargo, and emission classification.
This API supports both HTTPS GET and POST methods. Request URL, parameters and response schemas are exactly the same for both methods. However, an important difference between these two input methods is in the maximum number of waypoints that can be added to the input.