Calculate route matrix

The Matrix Routing service calculates routing matrices, providing travel times or distances between multiple origins and destinations. This service offers flexible customization options, allowing you to specify travel modes, traffic conditions, and other routing parameters. The matrix calculations can vary in size and shape, supporting both square and non-square matrices, and accommodate dynamic or free-flow traffic data.

Use cases

• Optimize delivery routes for logistics and e-commerce: Efficiently calculate travel time and distance between multiple pickup and delivery locations to optimize routes. Logistics companies can use this feature to minimize costs and delivery time by planning efficient paths across cities. It is ideal for setting optimized delivery windows for same-day or next-day services and planning multi-stop delivery routes.

• Match drivers and passengers in ride-sharing applications: Use route calculations to match drivers with the closest passengers by finding the fastest route between locations. Ride-sharing apps can enhance user experience by providing real-time driver arrival estimates, ensuring prompt pickups and drop-offs. Supports various transportation modes like cars, bikes, and scooters.

• Plan and optimize routes for fleet management: Manage large fleets by optimizing routes to reduce fuel consumption and travel time. Fleet managers can assign the most efficient routes to vehicles for multiple stops, thereby increasing overall operational efficiency. Use cases include service fleets, transportation companies, and utilities where optimal route planning is essential for site visits.

Understand the request

The request includes Origins and Destinations for route calculations, with optional parameters to tailor the matrix based on preferences and constraints. For more details, refer to the API Reference for Calculate Route Matrix API.

• Origins: List of origin coordinates in longitude and latitude.

• Destinations: List of destination coordinates.

• OptimizeRoutingFor: Optimization criteria such as "Fastest" or "Shortest" route.

• RoutingBoundary: Defines boundaries for calculation, either as "Unbounded" or restricted to a specific geometry.

• Avoid: Features to avoid during route calculation. Ignored if no viable route can be found.

• Traffic: Traffic-related options impacting route calculations.

Understand the response

The response includes a matrix of calculated routes between origins and destinations, with details such as distance and duration. Errors and boundaries for the routes are also provided, if applicable. Refer to the API Reference for additional details on the Calculate Route Matrix API.

• RouteMatrix: Matrix containing travel distances and durations between origins and destinations.

• ErrorCount: Number of errors encountered during route calculations.

• RoutingBoundary: Boundary within which the matrix is calculated.