# OpenRouteService

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/openrouteservice/  
**Website:** https://openrouteservice.org  
**APIs profiled:** 16

OpenRouteService is a free, open-source geospatial API platform built on OpenStreetMap data, providing routing directions for multiple transport modes, isochrones for reachability analysis, time-distance matrices, geocoding, elevation data, points of interest, and vehicle route optimization for logistics and humanitarian use cases.

## Kin Score — 45.5 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 45.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 65.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 31.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (16)

- **OpenRouteService Isochrones API** — Calculates areas of reachability from given locations within specified time or distance ranges, supporting up to 5 locations and 10 intervals, for travel modes including driving...
- **OpenRouteService Matrix API** — Computes one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many time and distance matrices for logistics optimization, supporting up to 3,500 locations per standard request for route planni...
- **OpenRouteService Geocoding API** — Resolves addresses to geographic coordinates and vice versa using the Pelias geocoding engine, supporting forward geocoding, reverse geocoding, and autocomplete for address norm...
- **OpenRouteService Elevation API** — Returns elevation data for point or line geometries using SRTM data, supporting up to 2,000 vertices for enriching routes and locations with altitude information.
- **OpenRouteService Optimization API** — Solves vehicle routing problems using the VROOM engine, optimizing routes for fleets of up to 3 vehicles and 50 routes, supporting time windows, capacity constraints, and multi-...
- **OpenRouteService POI API** — Returns points of interest in the area surrounding a given geometry, supporting search within a 2 km radius for areas up to 50 km2, filtered by category and keyword using OpenSt...
- **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 n...
- **OpenRouteService Directions API** — Get routing directions for different modes of transport
- **OpenRouteService Elevation API** — Return elevation data for point or line geometries
- **OpenRouteService Geocoding API** — Resolve addresses to coordinates and vice versa using Pelias engine
- **OpenRouteService Health API** — Service health and status endpoints
- **OpenRouteService Isochrones API** — Obtain areas of reachability from given locations
- **OpenRouteService Matrix API** — Obtain one-to-many, many-to-one and many-to-many matrices for time and distance
- **OpenRouteService Optimization API** — Solve vehicle routing problems using the VROOM engine
- **OpenRouteService POI API** — Return points of interest using OpenStreetMap data
- **OpenRouteService Snapping API** — Snap coordinates to the nearest road network nodes

## Agentic access (1)

- **Openrouteservice Agentic Access** — 17 operations · 10 acting

## Security (2)

- **Openrouteservice Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Openrouteservice Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Openrouteservice Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Routing, Geospatial, Directions, Isochrones, Matrix, Geocoding, Elevation, Optimization, OpenStreetMap, Navigation, Logistics, Humanitarian

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