Informs the client about the capabilities of the Route Calculation Service, e.g. the supported output formats of calculated routes (e.g. GML/XML, GPX).
The geoEncode operation transforms a description of a location, such as a place name, street address or postal code, into a normalized description of the location as point geometry.
The geoDecode operation transforms a normalized description of the location into a description of a location.
The calculateRoute operation receives as input a start point and an end point. Moreover, diverse criteria such as the travelling means can be entered, e.g.
- car: fastest
- car: shortest
- bicycle
- walking
The operation then calculates automatically the route and returns it in the supported output format for further processing by other services or for rendering on a map by means of a user interface client.
The Route Calculation Service provides a range of services based on (freely) available spatial data, e.g. data provided by Open Street Map.