Routing APIs

Blazing fast routing

Global coverage

The Maptoolkit Routing APIs offer robust functionality, including A to B routing, Map Matching, and isochrone calculations for various transportation modes (car, bike, and foot), with customizable weighting options.

Car routing API

Identify the shortest and most efficient paths for cars globally.

Bicylce routing API

Select from profiles for bike infrastructure, shortest, or fastest routes. Achieve world-class routing results with integrated elevation and route popularity metrics.

Walking and hiking

Discover the most optimal paths favored by locals.

Our Routing APIs are available with request-based pricing on the RapidAPI marketplace and as part of Maptoolkit Enterprise. For more details, see Maptoolkit Pricing.

Example

Routing with MapLibreGL map

<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://static.maptoolkit.net/css/maplibre-gl.css" />
  <style>
    body { width: 100%; height: 100%; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
    #map { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="map"></div>
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/maplibre-gl.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mapbox-polyline/1.1.1/polyline.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    // Initialize MapLibreGL map
    let map = new maplibregl.Map({
      container: "map",
      style: "https://static.maptoolkit.net/styles/toursprung/terrain.json?api_key=your_api_key",
      center: [11.413507, 47.270537],
      zoom: 13,
    });
    map.on("load", () => {
      // Get route from Routing API
      let start = [11.393712, 47.259938],
        end = [11.430896, 47.28187];
      let url = new URL("https://routing.maptoolkit.net/route");
      url.searchParams.append("point", `${start[1]},${start[0]}`);
      url.searchParams.append("point", `${end[1]},${end[0]}`);
      url.searchParams.append("routeType", "car");
      url.searchParams.append("api_key", "your_api_key");
      fetch(url)
        .then((r) => r.json())
        .then((route) => {
          let path = route.paths[0];
          // Add route polyline to map
          let coordinates = polyline.decode(path.points).map(c => c.reverse());
          console.log(coordinates);
          map.addLayer({
            id: "route",
            type: "line",
            source: {
              type: "geojson",
              data: {
                type: "Feature",
                geometry: {
                  type: "LineString",
                  coordinates: coordinates,
                },
              },
            },
            layout: {
              "line-join": "round",
              "line-cap": "round",
            },
            paint: {
              "line-color": "#2a3561",
              "line-width": 5,
            },
          });
          // Add instruction markers with popup to map
          path.instructions.forEach((instruction) => {
            let $img = document.createElement("img");
            $img.src = "https://static.maptoolkit.net/sprites/toursprung/route-via.svg";
            $img.width = 12;
            $img.height = 12;
            $img.style["cursor"] = "pointer";
            new maplibregl.Marker({
              element: $img,
              anchor: "center",
            })
              .setLngLat(instruction.coordinate.reverse())
              .addTo(map)
              .setPopup(new maplibregl.Popup().setHTML(`<p>${instruction.text}</p>`));
          });
          // Add route end marker
          let $img = document.createElement("img");
          $img.src = "https://static.maptoolkit.net/sprites/toursprung/marker.svg";
          $img.width = 29;
          $img.height = 30;
          let marker = new maplibregl.Marker({
            element: $img,
            anchor: "bottom",
          })
            .setLngLat(coordinates[coordinates.length - 1])
            .addTo(map);
        });
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>