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Directions

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Providers using this tag (2)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Thin 1 Limited public surface area
OpenRouteServiceRoutingGeospatialIsochrones1 API34.9
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
ValhallaRoutingNavigationOpenStreetMapMapping1 API25.7

APIs with this tag (13)

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Exemplar 3 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Google Maps Platform Directions APIRoute computation between origin and destination71.4Routes APICompute routes and route matrices with real-time traffic, replacing Directions and Distance Matrix APIs.71.4Google Routes APIThe Google Routes API calculates routes between locations, providing directions, distances, travel times, a...68.8
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Skedulo Directions APIThe Directions API from Skedulo — 1 operation(s) for directions.55.0
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Azure Maps Route APICalculates routes between origin and destination, provides turn-by-turn directions, supports multiple trave...54.1DTN Directions APICacheable route geometry endpoints (Mapbox Directions API)50.9
Thin 4 Limited public surface area
OpenRouteService Directions APIGet routing directions for different modes of transport34.9MapQuest Directions APIThe Directions API from MapQuest — 8 operation(s) for directions.34.0Public Transport Victoria Directions APIThe Directions API from Public Transport Victoria — 3 operation(s) for directions.29.9KakaoNavi (Driving Directions) APIKakaoNavi exposes driving directions, multi-waypoint route planning, ETA, and Future Driving directions (pr...27.2
Emerging 3 Early or largely undocumented
NextBillion AI APILocation‑based routing and optimization APIs as described in the developer documentation.25.9NextBillion.ai Directions APIThe Directions API from NextBillion.ai — 1 operation(s) for directions.25.9Naver Cloud Platform Maps APINaver Cloud Platform Maps exposes geocoding, reverse geocoding, directions (driving / walking / public tran...11.6

Companies reaching this through an API (10)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Directions” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Azure Maps DTN Google Google Maps Platform Kakao MapQuest Naver NextBillion.ai Public Transport Victoria Skedulo

Score breakdown

Frequency
36.0
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.0
spread across providers
Quality lift
36.3
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
5.8
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Navigation 6 co-occurrences Optimization 5 co-occurrences Maps 6 co-occurrences Routing 6 co-occurrences Geocoding 7 co-occurrences Image 5 co-occurrences Search 7 co-occurrences

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