Using our Distances and Directions API
This service gives turn-by-turn directions, with many real-life applications. A typical expense claims process, for instance, usually involves the sales person recording a meeting in their diary and then, at the end of the month, validating the journey by going to a suitable website and retyping the address details from their diary to confirm their mileage claim for the accounts department.
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DistancesAndDirections Interactive Directions
v2.00 |
Returns the directions between two or more points.
Version 2.00 includes support for Speed Profiles data, for more accurate timings based on start time and historic traffic speed data.
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DistancesAndDirections Interactive DirectionsAndLines
v3.00 |
Returns the directions with polylines between two or more points.
Version 3.00 includes support for polyline point reduction.
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DistancesAndDirections Interactive Distance
v1.00 |
Returns the distance between two or more points.
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DistancesAndDirections Interactive FreightDirections
v2.00 |
Returns the directions between two or more points. Allows input of vehicle size parameters to ensure the route avoids restrictions if possible.
Version 2.00 includes support for Speed Profiles data, for more accurate timings based on start time and historic traffic speed data.
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DistancesAndDirections Interactive FreightDirectionsAndLines
v3.00 |
Returns the directions with polylines between two or more points. Allows input of vehicle size parameters to ensure the route avoids restrictions if possible.
Version 3.00 includes support for polyline point reduction.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation Create
v1.00 |
Creates a new route optimisation job and returns the JobID.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation GetCost
v1.00 |
Retrieve an upper-bound cost estimate for the optimisation job, in credits or number of vehicle licenses used. Note that the actual cost will be lower than this if, for any reason, one or more waypoints are not successfully routed to. If the job has already completed successfully, this service will return the actual amount that was used.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation GetDirections
v1.00 |
Returns the turn by turn directions for any or all vehicles for a completed route optimisation job.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation GetResults
v1.00 |
Retrieve the full results of the route optimisation job.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation GetStatus
v1.00 |
Retrieve the status of the existing route optimisation job, including any error messages.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation StartOptimisation
v1.00 |
Tell the route optimisation engine that you wish to start the optimisation process running.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation UpdateJob
v1.00 |
Add or edit settings for the existing route optimisation job.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation UpdateVehicles
v1.00 |
Add, edit or remove a vehicle from the existing route optimisation job. You may update several vehicles at once by passing in arrays of values; these arrays must be of equal length.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation UpdateWaypoints
v1.00 |
Add, edit or remove a waypoint from the existing route optimisation job. You may update several waypoints at once by passing in arrays of values; these arrays must be of equal length.
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DistancesAndDirections Optimisation VerifyLocation
v1.00 |
Determines whether or not each entry in a batch of postcodes, OS coordinates or latitude / longitude coordinates maps to the road network of the UK, Europe, USA or Canada. This free service can be used to pre-validate postcodes and location strings before passing into any of the Distances and Directions web services, and should always be used before calling the Optimise method.
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Geocoding International Geocode
v1.20 |
Returns the WGS84 latitude and longitude for the given location. Supports most international locations.
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Geocoding UK Geocode
v2.00 |
Returns the OS easting + northing along with WGS84 latitude and longitude for the given postcode. Supports UK only.
Now supports property level geocoding in urban areas. Please supply a full address for this
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Geocoding UK RetrieveNearestPlaces
v1.20 |
Calculates the nearest places of interest of a given category to a given location.
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