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ViaMichelin Maps & Drive API
The “must-have” for flexibility and customisation of Internet sites !


100% compatible with HTML and Javascript internet standards, the ViaMichelin Map & Drive API offering enables website developers to:
  • easily access ViaMichelin mapping, route plan, geocoding and address verification services.
  • ensure compliance with company charter, ergonomics and operational organisation, as well as address functional and technical constraints
  • increase the value of applications

The ViaMichelin Map & Drive API solution is ideal for any web developer looking to:

  • retain control of web applications
  • geolocate operational and organisational data
  • customise a web site with mapping solutions
  • enhance portals (media – tourism – leisure) with suitable local services (ViaMichelin maps and routes)
ARE YOU A WEB DEVELOPER?
Go to the ViaMichelin Developer Network
Test the solution using the simple « turnkey Javascript »

Access the API - ideal for any web site with a « tourism and travel » section.

This platform, available 24/7, requires no infrastructure investment.
 
ViaMichelin Map & Drive API covers six groups of services that can be combined with each other and interfaced with your web applications:
   
Geocoding and verification of addresses Route calculation
Map generation Proximity search
Hotel booking ViaMichelin Navigation GPS conversion
Administer your data and your solution
Make the most of our quality and wealth of mapping content

 
 GEOCODING AND VERIFICATION OF ADDRESSES
 
   
Geocode your address databases Geocode
For geocoding a single address and obtaining the geographic coordinates of this location (address and associated x (longitude) and y (latitude) geographic coordinates) corresponding to the input address
   
Verify the validity of an address submitted by your website users « Checking Address » option
For verifying an address and obtaining an ordered list of locations corresponding to a submitted address. The function is optimised to recognise addresses in several countries by adapting to recognise any address rules which are specific to a particular country.
 
Obtain the address of a moving object (vehicle, phone) located in real time by its GPS coordinates ReverseGeocoding
Transforms the geographic coordinates of any fixed or moving object into a correct address.
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 ROUTE CALCULATION
   
   

Guide your Internet users to their destination or to the correct sales outlet

RouteFinder
« Car itinerary (caravan, motorcycle) » option: calculates a door-to-door car itinerary and supplies detailed driving directions for Europe and North America

« Walk/Bicycle itinerary » option: calculates an itinerary suitable for pedestrians (maximum distance of 30 km) and cyclists (maximum distance of 200 km) and supplies detailed directions.

   
Travel on foot is increasingly required for more local services Other available options: recommended route, shortest, fastest, cheapest, most pleasant route, route with stages. Taking into account the time and distance information, the type of vehicle, toll costs for cars, motorcycles or caravans. For perfect integration with your site, you can even choose options relating to the colour and density of the map and line spacing of the itinerary.
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 MAP GENERATION
 
 
Make the map a decision-making tool that your Internet users will rely on Map
Enables the U ser to view a map or an access plan to an address on a website. The User is able to navigate freely around an interactive map in order to easily establish his or her location.
 
Covering over 240 countries, you have access to all the tools and facilities capable of interacting with the map: customised menus, drag&zoom, zoomin/out, polylines, polygons, layer, circle, POI markers, dynamic information bubbles, with texts and icons and even more at www.... Available with street-level accuracy for over 40 countries in Europe, USA, Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc. 90,000 places mapped with street-level accuracy and 19 million kms of roads.
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 PROXIMITY SEARCH
   
   

Simplify searches in a given geographical parameter

Establish a search on the basis of road constraints

Carry out a textual search

 

PoiFinder
For searching and displaying a number of fixed or moving objects, on the basis of criteria (operational organisation, geographical or other) selected by the user, on a ViaMichelin map . This service is also ideal for displaying accurate information for each Point Of Interest, hosted on ViaMichelin database servers or transmitted in real time at the time of the request.

The following options are available:

  • As the crow flies
  • By road
  • By keyword: textual search for establishments by typing all or part of the name into the ViaMichelin search engine
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 HOTEL BOOKING
 
 

HotelFinder
Enables the User to search and book hotels on the basis of a geographical location and as the crow flies.

Based on the recognised hotel booking service at www.viamichelin.co .uk , this search is carried out on the basis of a geographical location and the real-time availability of hotels, also offering the Michelin Guide quality recommendation, a guarantee of peace of mind for your users.
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 ViaMichelin Navigation GPS CONVERSION
 
   
 

GPS Converter
For converting , on the fly, an XY geographic coordinate into a ViaMichelin Navigation GPS format . This tool enables the user to download a Point Of Interest, a selected address or a closest sales outlet in a format compatible with ViaMichelin Navigation devices.

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 ADMINISTER YOUR DATA AND YOUR SOLUTION
 
   
Manage and update your data autonomously ON-LINE MANAGER
Enables you to manage your account and your databases with complete peace of mind via a simple navigation device. You can, therefore, monitor use of ViaMichelin services, update your address database (amendments, additions, deletions) and the information accompanying each location, set the selection criteria for each address, choose the suitable access plan, etc.
   
Automate the update of your address databases AUTOMATIC DATA UPDATE
Provides you with access to a dedicated FTP(s) site enabling updated data to be uploaded regularly and automatically. TXT address files can be imported into ON-LINE MANAGER from an in-house application for complete or partial replacement of the address database.
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 MAKE THE MOST OF OUR QUALITY AND WEALTH OF MAPPING CONTENT
   
   
Geographical coverage
  • Coverage of 238 countries and over 19 million kms of road
  • 14 types of road and 10 types of surface (green space, lakes, etc.)
  • Annual raster map updates and quarterly vector updates
  • Up to 21 scale levels, from continent to street
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    Thematic ViaMichelin content Service Stations, Garages, Car Parks, etc

     

     
       


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