Snap To Roads API
Introduction
Nextbillion.ai Snap To Roads API takes a series of locations along a route, and returns the new locations on this route that are snapped to the best matched roads where the trip took place. You can set various parameters, such as timestamps or radiuses, to optimize the result.
Parameters
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Examples
Sample GET API Request
https://api.nextbillion.io/snapToRoads/json?key=<insert_your_key_here>&path=41.38602272,2.17621539|41.38312885,2.17207083|41.38157854,2.17906668|41.38288511,2.18186215&interpolate=true&radiuses=25|25|25|25
Sample POST API Request
1https://api.nextbillion.io/snapToRoads/json?key={{api_key}}
POST Body Schema
Content Type: application/json
1{
2 "approaches": "string",
3 "avoid": "string",
4 "context": "string",
5 "geometry": "string",
6 "interpolate": true,
7 "key": "string",
8 "mode": "string",
9 "path": "Format: `lat0,lng0|lat1,lng1|...`",
10 "radiuses": "Unit: metres.\n\nFormat: `radius0|radius1|...`\n\n`20|30|21|55`",
11 "timestamps": "Unit: Unix epoch.\n\nFormat: `ts0|ts1|...`\n\n`1650438211|1650448111|1650438412`",
12 "tolerate_outlier": true
13}
Visual Representation

Sample API Response
1{
2 "status": "Ok",
3 "snappedPoints": [
4 {
5 "location": {
6 "latitude": 41.38596,
7 "longitude": 2.176129
8 },
9 "originalIndex": 0,
10 "distance": 10.0,
11 "name": "Via Laietana",
12 "bearing": 135.0
13 },
14 {
15 "location": {
16 "latitude": 41.383295,
17 "longitude": 2.172466
18 },
19 "originalIndex": 1,
20 "distance": 37.0,
21 "name": "Carrer de Petritxol",
22 "bearing": 0.0
23 },
24 {
25 "location": {
26 "latitude": 41.381503,
27 "longitude": 2.179009
28 },
29 "originalIndex": 2,
30 "distance": 9.0,
31 "name": "Calle del Regomir",
32 "bearing": 122.0
33 },
34 {
35 "location": {
36 "latitude": 41.382666,
37 "longitude": 2.181206
38 },
39 "originalIndex": 3,
40 "distance": 60.0,
41 "name": "Carrer de Joan Massana",
42 "bearing": 33.0
43 }
44 ],
45 "distance": 1560,
46 "geometry": [
47 "ger{Fy_hL`AuARRX?zAvB`BhC^[email protected]@[email protected]@tCcEa@[email protected]@hA[email protected]@}BIIvBwDgAeB}@[email protected]][email protected]@[email protected]@VoBmFgDkAaA"
48 ]
49}
API Error Codes
Response Code | Description | Additional Notes |
---|---|---|
200 | Normal success case. | Normal success case. |
400 | Input validation failed. | Such as missing parameter or parameter with invalid value type (for example value cannot be parsed into number). |
401 | APIKEY not supplied or invalid. | - |
403 | APIKEY is valid but does not have access to requested resources. | You might be querying for a geographical region which is not valid for your account, or requesting a service which is not enabled for you. |
404 | Requested host/path not found. | This error occurs when there is a malformed host name used. |
422 | Could not process the request. | There is an underlying map issue which prevents the processing of the request. |
429 | Too many requests. | QPM reached or API request count quota reached. |
500 | Internal Service error. | There was an internal issue with Nextbillion.ai services. You can reach out to [email protected] for an explanation. |
Distance Matrix
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