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Calculates a route given the following required parameters: DeparturePosition and DestinationPosition. Requires that you first create a route calculator resource.

By default, a request that doesn't specify a departure time uses the best time of day to travel with the best traffic conditions when calculating the route.

Additional options include:

  • Specifying a departure time using either DepartureTime or DepartNow. This calculates a route based on predictive traffic data at the given time.

    You can't specify both DepartureTime and DepartNow in a single request. Specifying both parameters returns a validation error.

  • Specifying a travel mode using TravelMode sets the transportation mode used to calculate the routes. This also lets you specify additional route preferences in CarModeOptions if traveling by Car, or TruckModeOptions if traveling by Truck.

    If you specify walking for the travel mode and your data provider is Esri, the start and destination must be within 40km.

post/routes/v0/calculators/{CalculatorName}/calculate/route

Path parameters

CalculatorNamestring required

The name of the route calculator resource that you want to use to calculate the route.

Request body

DepartNowboolean
<p>Sets the time of departure as the current time. Uses the current time to calculate a route. Otherwise, the best time of day to travel with the best traffic conditions is used to calculate the route.</p> <p>Default Value: <code>false</code> </p> <p>Valid Values: <code>false</code> | <code>true</code> </p>
DeparturePositionDouble[] required
<p>The start position for the route. Defined in <a href="https://earth-info.nga.mil/index.php?dir=wgs84&amp;action=wgs84">World Geodetic System (WGS 84)</a> format: <code>[longitude, latitude]</code>.</p> <ul> <li> <p>For example, <code>[-123.115, 49.285]</code> </p> </li> </ul> <note> <p>If you specify a departure that's not located on a road, Amazon Location <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/latest/developerguide/snap-to-nearby-road.html">moves the position to the nearest road</a>. If Esri is the provider for your route calculator, specifying a route that is longer than 400 km returns a <code>400 RoutesValidationException</code> error.</p> </note> <p>Valid Values: <code>[-180 to 180,-90 to 90]</code> </p>
DepartureTimestring date-time
<p>Specifies the desired time of departure. Uses the given time to calculate the route. Otherwise, the best time of day to travel with the best traffic conditions is used to calculate the route.</p> <note> <p>Setting a departure time in the past returns a <code>400 ValidationException</code> error.</p> </note> <ul> <li> <p>In <a href="https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html">ISO 8601</a> format: <code>YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ</code>. For example, <code>2020–07-2T12:15:20.000Z+01:00</code> </p> </li> </ul>
DestinationPositionDouble[] required
<p>The finish position for the route. Defined in <a href="https://earth-info.nga.mil/index.php?dir=wgs84&amp;action=wgs84">World Geodetic System (WGS 84)</a> format: <code>[longitude, latitude]</code>.</p> <ul> <li> <p> For example, <code>[-122.339, 47.615]</code> </p> </li> </ul> <note> <p>If you specify a destination that's not located on a road, Amazon Location <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/latest/developerguide/snap-to-nearby-road.html">moves the position to the nearest road</a>. </p> </note> <p>Valid Values: <code>[-180 to 180,-90 to 90]</code> </p>
DistanceUnit'Kilometers' | 'Miles'
<p>Set the unit system to specify the distance.</p> <p>Default Value: <code>Kilometers</code> </p>
IncludeLegGeometryboolean
<p>Set to include the geometry details in the result for each path between a pair of positions.</p> <p>Default Value: <code>false</code> </p> <p>Valid Values: <code>false</code> | <code>true</code> </p>
TravelMode'Car' | 'Truck' | 'Walking' | 'Bicycle' | 'Motorcycle'
<p>Specifies the mode of transport when calculating a route. Used in estimating the speed of travel and road compatibility. You can choose <code>Car</code>, <code>Truck</code>, <code>Walking</code>, <code>Bicycle</code> or <code>Motorcycle</code> as options for the <code>TravelMode</code>.</p> <note> <p> <code>Bicycle</code> and <code>Motorcycle</code> are only valid when using Grab as a data provider, and only within Southeast Asia.</p> <p> <code>Truck</code> is not available for Grab.</p> <p>For more details on the using Grab for routing, including areas of coverage, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/location/latest/developerguide/grab.html">GrabMaps</a> in the <i>Amazon Location Service Developer Guide</i>.</p> </note> <p>The <code>TravelMode</code> you specify also determines how you specify route preferences: </p> <ul> <li> <p>If traveling by <code>Car</code> use the <code>CarModeOptions</code> parameter.</p> </li> <li> <p>If traveling by <code>Truck</code> use the <code>TruckModeOptions</code> parameter.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Default Value: <code>Car</code> </p>

Response

Success