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MyRouteOnline Announces Two New Route Planning APIs
MyRouteOnline announced the immediate availability of two application programming interfaces (APIs) to enable easy integration of the MyRouteOnline route planner with any 3rd party software. These APIs mean that customers can integrate MyRouteOnline with their back-office business software.
03-13-2020
OGC Requests Public Comments on OGC API
OGC API – Features provide the fundamental API building blocks to create, modify, and query ‘features’ on the Web (features are simply the digital representations of objects of interest in the real world). OGC API – Features is comprised of multiple parts, with each part being a separate standard.
02-28-2020
Service Objects Upgrades Canada DOTS Address Validation
Service Objects, real-time global contact validation solution provider, has released a major upgrade to its DOTS Address Validation – Canada API-based service. This Canada-specific version of DOTS Address Validation uses address matching algorithms to verify, correct and change Canadian addresses.
02-06-2020
Introduction to positionstack's Forward and Reverse Batch Geocoding REST API
This article presents an introduction to and tutorial on apilayer's positionstack, a forward and reverse batch geocoding REST API. positionstack has more than two billion addresses worldwide in its database. And, its service scales to manage more than one billion geocode API lookups per day.
02-03-2020
what3words Launches Voice API Powered by Speechmatics
what3words has announced its new Voice API, powered by Speechmatics. what3words has divided the world into three meter squares, with each square represented by a unique set of three individual words. By using a three word identifier, duplicative and mispronounced street addresses are eliminated.
01-10-2020
HERE Technologies Showcases Public Transit and Intermodal Routing APIs
HERE Technologies is at CES 2020 and is showcasing two APIs. Its Public Transit API helps improve the public transportation experience by providing real-time information from departure boards and other public data. The Intermodal Routing API creates a smart routing experience across cities.
01-08-2020
ProgrammableWeb's Most Clicked, Shared and Talked About APIs of 2019: Mapping and Location
This segment of the past year's most clicked, shared and talked about APIs covers Mapping and Location services. Included are APIs for mapping routes specifically for electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles, APIs for mapping meteorology, as well as a few APIs for Drone mapping services.
01-01-2020
How the TomTom Maps SDK for Web Helps You Build Location-sharing and Incident-based Maps
This article looks at some potential use cases of different objects presented in the documentation for the TomTom Maps SDK for Web. We’ll go through uses of classes GeolocateControl, Evented, and IncidentMarker, and how these might be helpful to be aware of as you start interacting with TomTom Maps.
10-18-2019
Foursquare Introduces Free Tier for Pilgrim SDK
Foursquare if offering up some of its most valuable location based services at no cost to independent developers. A free tier of its Pilgrim SDK is now available to developers whose apps have 100,000 monthly active users or less. The company stressed the need to broaden access to its powerful tech.
10-04-2019
TomTom Adds Maps Styler to its Maps API
TomTom just added a new tool to its Maps API. The TomTom Maps Styler allows users to customize their maps to match their intended style and brand. With over 900 stylistic features available, brands can easily manipulate items like color, font, patterns, opacity, and much more.
10-03-2019
RouteSavvy.com's Top 6 Tips For Choosing a Routing API
For developers planning to incorporate route optimization in applications, it's helpful to know how to choose a routing API. Here the RouteSavvy team offers the top six tips for choosing a routing API and a case study of how the RouteSavvy API was integrated into a floral delivery software system.
09-27-2019
TomTom Introduces New APIs for Electronic Vehicles
TomTom expanded its API portfolio specifically for the electronic vehicle market. The Long Distance EV Routing API allows developers to build apps that plan routes based on vehicle attributes and charging options. The EV Charging Stations API identifies charging stations along certain routes.
08-20-2019
Daily API RoundUp: DarkOwl, Shadowserver, SmartIP, Airgloss
Nine APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Blockchain, Payments, and Security. Highlights include the DARKINT Suite API that provides risk intelligence about a company's darknet digital footprint. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
08-09-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Scrutinizer, Kiva GraphQL, Ipregistry, ExtraHop
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including DevOps, Data Mining, Humor, Spam and Location. Highlights include a new GraphQL API for Kiva microfunding loan service and an API that returns Dad jokes. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
07-23-2019
14 APIs for Location Services
Adding location-aware services to applications is one of the best ways to increase user engagement. Developers looking to enhance apps in this way can check out the ProgrammableWeb directory for location APIs to fit their needs. Here we list the most popular APIs for from our Location category.
07-04-2019
How to Transform an Air Traffic API to GeoJSON to Render on a Map
Many APIs provide data to use in an application but that data isn't always complete. This tutorial shows how to retrieve data from an API for global flight tracking and then transform it into GeoJSON to store in HERE's XYZ Geospatial Storage API and then render it as a 3D map with Three.js.
06-14-2019
13 Notable Transportation APIs
New technology and transportation applications have transformed the way commuters, delivery services, fleet operators, and travelers get places. Driving these applications are Transportation APIs, and developers can find hundreds of them in the ProgrammableWeb directory. Here are some highlights.
05-24-2019
Mapbox Shifts API and SDK Pricing to Pay-As-You-Go
Mapbox has completely revamped the pricing model for its API and SDK portfolio. The company has increased its free tier, and transitioned to a completely pay as you go model. Volume discounts apply, and automatically activate as a user's consumption grows. No commitments are required.
05-23-2019
Daily API RoundUp: IPinfo, SafetyLocker, Cloverly, SiteWhere
Twenty APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Email, Real Estate, Internet of Things, and Natural Language Processing. Highlights include APIs for IP location services and an API for determining carbon offsets. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
05-18-2019
How IPinfo's Customer Focus Drives Developer Loyalty To Its APIs
According to Ben Dowling, founder of IPInfo, an API provider specializing in IP-based geolocation, the key to success is staying customer-driven. Of course, when your organization is an API provider like IPinfo is, "customer-driven" is synonymous with "developer-driven." Dowling explains.
05-17-2019