OpenRouteService

OpenRouteService Snapping API

Snaps arbitrary coordinates to the nearest road network nodes, supporting up to 5,000 locations per request, useful for map matching and correcting GPS coordinates to the road network.

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https://giscience.github.io/openrouteservice/api-reference/endpoints/snapping/

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: openrouteservice:snapping
name: OpenRouteService Snapping API
description: Snaps arbitrary coordinates to the nearest road network nodes, supporting up to 5,000 locations
  per request, useful for map matching and correcting GPS coordinates to the road network.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://openrouteservice.org
baseURL: https://api.openrouteservice.org
tags:
- Snapping
- Map Matching
- Road Network
- GPS
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://giscience.github.io/openrouteservice/api-reference/endpoints/snapping/