Reference Documentation

Reference Documentation of "ViaMichelin Maps & Drive API". All functionalities are described in theses components:

Maps

Exclusive mapping coverage of 238 countries, including 32 in detail, from national road maps to town and district plans, up to 21 levels of scales for accurate locating and easy navigation, 90,000 places mapped down to street level and 19 million kms of road in 44 countries (including 8 million in Europe and 12 million in North America), clear differentiation of road types and surfaces.

Geolocation

Geocoding
This functionality allows you to convert an address into geographical coordinates using the WGS84 reference frame.

Reverse Geocoding
"Reverse geocoding" allows conversion of geographical coordinates into a postal address.

Annexe - Country List

Driving Directions

With their capability to include stopovers and to calculate for vehicle, foot or bike traffic, ViaMichelin itineraries have become a benchmark implementation. In Europe and North America, you can choose among customized itineraries: recommended by Michelin, shortest, quickest, economical, discovery, on foot, by bike. The toll costs are automatically calculated for automobile, motorcycle or caravan. Petrol costs are also computed, based on the consumption of a hatchback, compact, family car, sedan or luxury car.

POI : Points of Interest, proximity search and Search a database of over 40,000 hotels in Europe

Proximity search
Using straight-line distance, road network distance or keywords, parameterized according to criteria defined by ViaMichelin, this functionality allows direct execution of proximity searches on your POI database, which is hosted on ViaMichelin's servers.

Hotel search
Based on the renowned www.viamichelin.com hotel reservations service, the search engine provides real-time availability data for hotel rooms in proximity to a specified location. It also provides the quality ratings from the Michelin Guide, a guarantee of security for your users.

Services

Export
Geographical coordinates can be transferred to ViaMichelin GPS Personal Navigation Devices.

Weather
Weather and forecast weather of a place