Endpoints
Hint
Not all endpoints are available in our live API. But you can use them when hosting your own instance of openrouteservice.
Spatial Endpoints
Openrouteservice offers a set of endpoints for different spatial purposes:
- Directions Service: Get directions for different modes of transport
- Isochrones Service: Obtain areas of reachability from given locations
- Matrix Service: Obtain one-to-many, many-to-one and many-to-many matrices for time and distance
- Snapping Service: Snap coordinates to the graph edges (⚠️ not available in our live API)
Technical Endpoints
Furthermore, there are technical endpoints that are ⚠️ not available in our live API:
- Export Service: Export the base graph for different modes of transport
- Health Service: Get information on the health of the running openrouteservice instance
- Status Service: Get information on the status of the openrouteservice instance
Included Services
There are additional other services we are hosting for convenience, which are ⚠️ only included in our public API. They are standalone services that are ⚠️ not included in a local openrouteservice instance and would need a separate local installation:
- POI Service: Stand-Alone service from HeiGIT that returns points of interest in the area surrounding a geometry
- Elevation Service: Stand-Alone service from HeiGIT that returns the elevation for point or line geometries
- Geocoding Service: Third Party Service (Pelias) hosted by HeiGIT that resolves geographic coordinates to addresses and vice versa
- Optimization Service: Third Party Service (VROOM) hosted by HeiGIT that optimizes routes for vehicle fleets