Azure Maps
Azure Maps provides geospatial APIs for maps, routing, geocoding, traffic, weather, and spatial analysis. The service offers a comprehensive suite of REST APIs to embed location intelligence into applications spanning mobile, web, and IoT scenarios across multiple transport modes.
APIs
Azure Maps Search API
Provides geocoding, reverse geocoding, address parsing, point of interest search, and structured search. Returns candidate matches ranked by relevance for free-form, structured,...
Azure Maps Route API
Calculates routes between origin and destination, provides turn-by-turn directions, supports multiple travel modes, traffic-aware routing, route matrices, and route range (isoch...
Azure Maps Render API
Returns map tiles, static images, and vector tiles in multiple styles including satellite, road, and hybrid. Supports raster and vector tile formats, custom imagery, and traffic...
Azure Maps Traffic API
Provides real-time and historical traffic data including traffic flow, incident reports, and traffic tile imagery. Useful for routing, fleet management, and applications requiri...
Azure Maps Weather API
Provides current weather conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, severe weather alerts, weather along a route, and historical weather. Powered by AccuWeather data and global cov...
Azure Maps Timezone API
Returns time zone information for a given coordinate, IANA time zone ID, or Windows time zone ID. Includes current time, daylight saving offsets, and time zone metadata.
Azure Maps Geolocation API
Returns the ISO country code for a supplied IP address, useful for content localization, regulatory compliance, and access control based on user geographic location.
Azure Maps Spatial API
Performs spatial computations such as distance, closest point, point in polygon, geofence evaluation, and great circle distance. Enables location analytics and spatial reasoning...
Azure Maps Elevation API
Returns elevation data in meters above sea level for points, polylines, and bounding boxes. Useful for terrain analysis, topographic visualization, and elevation profile calcula...
Azure Maps Creator API
Indoor maps service for creating, managing, and rendering custom indoor maps. Supports drawing package conversion, dataset and tileset management, feature state, and wayfinding ...