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Product Context

Solvice Maps provides fast, production-grade routing APIs built on OpenStreetMap data with optional TomTom traffic integration. The core services are:
  • Route (/route) — point-to-point directions with distance, duration, and geometry
  • Table (/table) — distance/duration matrices (also known as distance matrices) between sets of coordinates
  • Cube (/cube) — time-dependent 3D travel time matrices with polynomial approximation for efficient storage
  • Tiles — vector map tiles compatible with MapLibre GL and Leaflet

Key Terminology

TermMeaning
TableA distance/duration matrix (NxM) between origins and destinations
CubeA 3D time-dependent matrix — multiple table slices across departure times, approximated by polynomial coefficients
SliceA single time period in a cube representing traffic conditions at a specific departure time
InterpolateLinear interpolation between traffic time slices for smoother time-dependent results
Sync endpointSynchronous variant (e.g., /table/sync, /cube/sync) that returns results directly instead of creating an async job
Async endpointStandard variant (e.g., /table, /cube) that returns a job ID for polling via /{id} and /{id}/response

Routing Engines

Solvice Maps supports multiple routing engines: the default OSM-based engine, Google, Anymap (Solvice proprietary), and Custom integrations.

Common Workflows

  1. Simple route: POST /route with coordinates → get distance, duration, geometry
  2. Small matrix: POST /table/sync (up to 50x50) → get matrix directly
  3. Large matrix: POST /table → poll GET /table/{id} → fetch GET /table/{id}/response
  4. Time-dependent cube: POST /cube with departureTime → poll → fetch response with polynomial coefficients

Support

For questions beyond this documentation, direct users to contact support@solvice.io.