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Directions

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Providers using this tag (10)

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Developing 5 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Google Maps PlatformGoogle Maps Platform offers APIs and SDKs for maps, routes, and places functionality.41 APIs51.0SkeduloSkedulo is the Deskless Productivity Cloud, a field service and mobile workforce management platform used b...67 APIs50.3Azure MapsAzure Maps provides geospatial APIs for maps, routing, geocoding, traffic, weather, and spatial analysis. T...11 APIs48.8GoogleGoogle's public APIs and services.125 APIs45.6OpenRouteServiceOpenRouteService is a free, open-source geospatial API platform built on OpenStreetMap data, providing rout...16 APIs45.5
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
ValhallaValhalla is an open-source routing engine and library suite for OpenStreetMap data. It provides turn-by-tur...11 APIs36.3KakaoKakao Corp. is the South Korean technology group behind KakaoTalk — the dominant mobile messenger in Korea ...21 APIs34.8MapQuestMapQuest provides mapping, geocoding, routing, and traffic data APIs for developers to build location-aware...10 APIs33.7ESRI ArcGISESRI ArcGIS is the world's leading geospatial platform providing mapping, spatial analysis, and location in...8 APIs31.0
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
NaverNaver Corp. is South Korea's largest internet company, operating the Naver search portal, Naver Webtoon, Na...18 APIs15.8

APIs with this tag (10)

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Developing 6 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Google Maps Platform Directions APIRoute computation between origin and destination51.0Routes APICompute routes and route matrices with real-time traffic, replacing Directions and Distance Matrix APIs.51.0Skedulo Directions APIThe Directions API from Skedulo — 1 operation(s) for directions.50.3Azure Maps Route APICalculates routes between origin and destination, provides turn-by-turn directions, supports multiple trave...48.8Google Routes APIThe Google Routes API calculates routes between locations, providing directions, distances, travel times, a...45.6OpenRouteService Directions APIGet routing directions for different modes of transport45.5
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
KakaoNavi (Driving Directions) APIKakaoNavi exposes driving directions, multi-waypoint route planning, ETA, and Future Driving directions (pr...34.8MapQuest Directions APIThe Directions API from MapQuest — 8 operation(s) for directions.33.7ArcGIS Routing ServiceThe ArcGIS Routing Service provides route optimization, turn-by-turn directions, nearest facility finding, ...31.0
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
Naver Cloud Platform Maps APINaver Cloud Platform Maps exposes geocoding, reverse geocoding, directions (driving / walking / public tran...15.8

Score breakdown

Frequency
35.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.3
spread across providers
Quality lift
47.5
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
6.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Maps 6 co-occurrences Navigation 5 co-occurrences Geocoding 8 co-occurrences Routing 6 co-occurrences Location 5 co-occurrences Geospatial 5 co-occurrences Search 6 co-occurrences

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