OSRM

The OSRM method is the main constructor for creating an OSRM instance. An OSRM instance requires a .osrm dataset, which is prepared by the OSRM toolchain. You can create such a .osrm file by running the OSRM binaries we ship in node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/ and default profiles (e.g. for setting speeds and determining road types to route on) in node_modules/osrm/profiles/:

node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/osrm-extract data.osm.pbf -p node_modules/osrm/profiles/car.lua
node_modules/osrm/lib/binding/osrm-contract data.osrm

Consult the osrm-backend documentation for further details.

Once you have a complete network.osrm file, you can calculate routes in javascript with this object.

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');

Parameters

options (Object | String) Options for creating an OSRM object or string to the .osrm file. (optional, default {shared_memory:true})
- options.algorithm String? The algorithm to use for routing. Can be 'CH', 'CoreCH' or 'MLD'. Default is 'CH'. Make sure you prepared the dataset with the correct toolchain.
- options.shared_memory Boolean? Connects to the persistent shared memory datastore. This requires you to run osrm-datastore prior to creating an OSRM object.
- options.memory_file String? DEPRECATED Old behaviour: Path to a file on disk to store the memory using mmap. Current behaviour: setting this value is the same as setting mmap_memory: true.
- options.mmap_memory Boolean? Map on-disk files to virtual memory addresses (mmap), rather than loading into RAM.
- options.path String? The path to the .osrm files. This is mutually exclusive with setting {options.shared_memory} to true.
- options.max_locations_trip Number? Max. locations supported in trip query (default: unlimited).
- options.max_locations_viaroute Number? Max. locations supported in viaroute query (default: unlimited).
- options.max_locations_distance_table Number? Max. locations supported in distance table query (default: unlimited).
- options.max_locations_map_matching Number? Max. locations supported in map-matching query (default: unlimited).
- options.max_results_nearest Number? Max. results supported in nearest query (default: unlimited).
- options.max_alternatives Number? Max.number of alternatives supported in alternative routes query (default: 3).

route

Returns the fastest route between two or more coordinates while visiting the waypoints in order.

Parameters

options Object Object literal containing parameters for the route query.
- options.coordinates Array? The coordinates this request will use, coordinates as [{lon},{lat}] values, in decimal degrees.
- options.bearings Array? Limits the search to segments with given bearing in degrees towards true north in clockwise direction. Can be null or an array of [{value},{range}] with integer 0 .. 360,integer 0 .. 180.
- options.radiuses Array? Limits the coordinate snapping to streets in the given radius in meters. Can be null (unlimited, default) or double >= 0.
- options.hints Array? Hints for the coordinate snapping. Array of base64 encoded strings.
- options.alternatives Boolean Search for alternative routes. (optional, default false)
- options.alternatives Number Search for up to this many alternative routes. Please note that even if alternative routes are requested, a result cannot be guaranteed. (optional, default 0)
- options.steps Boolean Return route steps for each route leg. (optional, default false)
- options.annotations (Array | Boolean) An array with strings of duration, nodes, distance, weight, datasources, speed or boolean for enabling/disabling all. (optional, default false)
- options.geometries String Returned route geometry format (influences overview and per step). Can also be geojson. (optional, default polyline)
- options.overview String Add overview geometry either full, simplified according to highest zoom level it could be display on, or not at all (false). (optional, default simplified)
- options.continue_straight Boolean? Forces the route to keep going straight at waypoints and don't do a uturn even if it would be faster. Default value depends on the profile.
- options.approaches Array? Keep waypoints on curb side. Can be null (unrestricted, default) or curb.
- options.waypoints Array? Indices to coordinates to treat as waypoints. If not supplied, all coordinates are waypoints. Must include first and last coordinate index. null/true/false
- options.snapping String? Which edges can be snapped to, either default, or any. default only snaps to edges marked by the profile as is_startpoint, any will allow snapping to any edge in the routing graph.
callback Function

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM("berlin-latest.osrm");
osrm.route({coordinates: [[13.438640,52.519930], [13.415852,52.513191]]}, function(err, result) {
  if(err) throw err;
  console.log(result.waypoints); // array of Waypoint objects representing all waypoints in order
  console.log(result.routes); // array of Route objects ordered by descending recommendation rank
});

Returns Object An array of Waypoint objects representing all waypoints in order AND an array of Route objects ordered by descending recommendation rank.

nearest

Snaps a coordinate to the street network and returns the nearest n matches.

Note: coordinates in the general options only supports a single {longitude},{latitude} entry.

Parameters

options Object Object literal containing parameters for the nearest query.
- options.coordinates Array? The coordinates this request will use, coordinates as [{lon},{lat}] values, in decimal degrees.
- options.bearings Array? Limits the search to segments with given bearing in degrees towards true north in clockwise direction. Can be null or an array of [{value},{range}] with integer 0 .. 360,integer 0 .. 180.
- options.radiuses Array? Limits the coordinate snapping to streets in the given radius in meters. Can be null (unlimited, default) or double >= 0.
- options.hints Array? Hints for the coordinate snapping. Array of base64 encoded strings.
- options.number Number Number of nearest segments that should be returned. Must be an integer greater than or equal to 1. (optional, default 1)
- options.approaches Array? Keep waypoints on curb side. Can be null (unrestricted, default) or curb.
- options.snapping String? Which edges can be snapped to, either default, or any. default only snaps to edges marked by the profile as is_startpoint, any will allow snapping to any edge in the routing graph.
callback Function

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');
var options = {
  coordinates: [[13.388860,52.517037]],
  number: 3,
  bearings: [[0,20]]
};
osrm.nearest(options, function(err, response) {
  console.log(response.waypoints); // array of Waypoint objects
});

Returns Object containing waypoints. waypoints: array of Ẁaypoint objects sorted by distance to the input coordinate. Each object has an additional distance property, which is the distance in meters to the supplied input coordinate.

table

Computes duration table for the given locations. Allows for both symmetric and asymmetric tables. Optionally returns distance table.

Parameters

options Object Object literal containing parameters for the table query.
- options.coordinates Array? The coordinates this request will use, coordinates as [{lon},{lat}] values, in decimal degrees.
- options.bearings Array? Limits the search to segments with given bearing in degrees towards true north in clockwise direction. Can be null or an array of [{value},{range}] with integer 0 .. 360,integer 0 .. 180.
- options.radiuses Array? Limits the coordinate snapping to streets in the given radius in meters. Can be null (unlimited, default) or double >= 0.
- options.hints Array? Hints for the coordinate snapping. Array of base64 encoded strings.
- options.sources Array? An array of index elements (0 <= integer < #coordinates) to use location with given index as source. Default is to use all.
- options.destinations Array? An array of index elements (0 <= integer < #coordinates) to use location with given index as destination. Default is to use all.
- options.approaches Array? Keep waypoints on curb side. Can be null (unrestricted, default) or curb.
- options.fallback_speed Number? Replace null responses in result with as-the-crow-flies estimates based on fallback_speed. Value is in metres/second.
- options.fallback_coordinate String? Either input (default) or snapped. If using a fallback_speed, use either the user-supplied coordinate (input), or the snapped coordinate (snapped) for calculating the as-the-crow-flies diestance between two points.
- options.scale_factor Number? Multiply the table duration values in the table by this number for more controlled input into a route optimization solver.
- options.snapping String? Which edges can be snapped to, either default, or any. default only snaps to edges marked by the profile as is_startpoint, any will allow snapping to any edge in the routing graph.
callback Function

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');
var options = {
  coordinates: [
    [13.388860,52.517037],
    [13.397634,52.529407],
    [13.428555,52.523219]
  ]
};
osrm.table(options, function(err, response) {
  console.log(response.durations); // array of arrays, matrix in row-major order
  console.log(response.sources); // array of Waypoint objects
  console.log(response.destinations); // array of Waypoint objects
});

Returns Object containing durations, sources, and destinations. durations: array of arrays that stores the matrix in row-major order. durations[i][j] gives the travel time from the i-th waypoint to the j-th waypoint. Values are given in seconds. sources: array of Ẁaypoint objects describing all sources in order. destinations: array of Ẁaypoint objects describing all destinations in order. fallback_speed_cells: (optional) if fallback_speed is used, will be an array of arrays of row,column values, indicating which cells contain estimated values.

tile

This generates Mapbox Vector Tiles that can be viewed with a vector-tile capable slippy-map viewer. The tiles contain road geometries and metadata that can be used to examine the routing graph. The tiles are generated directly from the data in-memory, so are in sync with actual routing results, and let you examine which roads are actually routable, and what weights they have applied.

Parameters

ZXY Array an array consisting of x, y, and z values representing tile coordinates like wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Slippy_map_tilenames and are supported by vector tile viewers like Mapbox GL JS.
callback Function

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');
osrm.tile([0, 0, 0], function(err, response) {
  if (err) throw err;
  fs.writeFileSync('./tile.vector.pbf', response); // write the buffer to a file
});

Returns Buffer contains a Protocol Buffer encoded vector tile.

match

Map matching matches given GPS points to the road network in the most plausible way. Please note the request might result multiple sub-traces. Large jumps in the timestamps (>60s) or improbable transitions lead to trace splits if a complete matching could not be found. The algorithm might not be able to match all points. Outliers are removed if they can not be matched successfully.

Parameters

options Object Object literal containing parameters for the match query.
- options.coordinates Array? The coordinates this request will use, coordinates as [{lon},{lat}] values, in decimal degrees.
- options.bearings Array? Limits the search to segments with given bearing in degrees towards true north in clockwise direction. Can be null or an array of [{value},{range}] with integer 0 .. 360,integer 0 .. 180.
- options.hints Array? Hints for the coordinate snapping. Array of base64 encoded strings.
- options.steps Boolean Return route steps for each route. (optional, default false)
- options.annotations (Array | Boolean) An array with strings of duration, nodes, distance, weight, datasources, speed or boolean for enabling/disabling all. (optional, default false)
- options.geometries String Returned route geometry format (influences overview and per step). Can also be geojson. (optional, default polyline)
- options.overview String Add overview geometry either full, simplified according to highest zoom level it could be display on, or not at all (false). (optional, default simplified)
- options.timestamps Array<Number>? Timestamp of the input location (integers, UNIX-like timestamp).
- options.radiuses Array? Standard deviation of GPS precision used for map matching. If applicable use GPS accuracy. Can be null for default value 5 meters or double >= 0.
- options.gaps String? Allows the input track splitting based on huge timestamp gaps between points. Either split or ignore (optional, default split).
- options.tidy Boolean? Allows the input track modification to obtain better matching quality for noisy tracks (optional, default false).
- options.waypoints Array? Indices to coordinates to treat as waypoints. If not supplied, all coordinates are waypoints. Must include first and last coordinate index.
- options.snapping String? Which edges can be snapped to, either default, or any. default only snaps to edges marked by the profile as is_startpoint, any will allow snapping to any edge in the routing graph.
callback Function

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');
var options = {
    coordinates: [[13.393252,52.542648],[13.39478,52.543079],[13.397389,52.542107]],
    timestamps: [1424684612, 1424684616, 1424684620]
};
osrm.match(options, function(err, response) {
    if (err) throw err;
    console.log(response.tracepoints); // array of Waypoint objects
    console.log(response.matchings); // array of Route objects
});

Returns Object containing tracepoints and matchings. tracepoints Array of Ẁaypoint objects representing all points of the trace in order. If the trace point was ommited by map matching because it is an outlier, the entry will be null. Each Waypoint object includes two additional properties, 1) matchings_index: Index to the Route object in matchings the sub-trace was matched to, 2) waypoint_index: Index of the waypoint inside the matched route. matchings is an array of Route objects that assemble the trace. Each Route object has an additional confidence property, which is the confidence of the matching. float value between 0 and 1. 1 is very confident that the matching is correct.

trip

The trip plugin solves the Traveling Salesman Problem using a greedy heuristic (farthest-insertion algorithm) for 10 or _ more waypoints and uses brute force for less than 10 waypoints. The returned path does not have to be the shortest path, _ as TSP is NP-hard it is only an approximation.

Note that all input coordinates have to be connected for the trip service to work. Currently, not all combinations of roundtrip, source and destination are supported. Right now, the following combinations are possible:

roundtrip	source	destination	supported
true	first	last	yes
true	first	any	yes
true	any	last	yes
true	any	any	yes
false	first	last	yes
false	first	any	no
false	any	last	no
false	any	any	no

Parameters

options Object Object literal containing parameters for the trip query.
- options.coordinates Array? The coordinates this request will use, coordinates as [{lon},{lat}] values, in decimal degrees.
- options.bearings Array? Limits the search to segments with given bearing in degrees towards true north in clockwise direction. Can be null or an array of [{value},{range}] with integer 0 .. 360,integer 0 .. 180.
- options.radiuses Array? Limits the coordinate snapping to streets in the given radius in meters. Can be double >= 0 or null (unlimited, default).
- options.hints Array? Hints for the coordinate snapping. Array of base64 encoded strings.
- options.steps Boolean Return route steps for each route. (optional, default false)
- options.annotations (Array | Boolean) An array with strings of duration, nodes, distance, weight, datasources, speed or boolean for enabling/disabling all. (optional, default false)
- options.geometries String Returned route geometry format (influences overview and per step). Can also be geojson. (optional, default polyline)
- options.overview String Add overview geometry either full, simplified (optional, default simplified)
- options.roundtrip Boolean Return route is a roundtrip. (optional, default true)
- options.source String Return route starts at any or first coordinate. (optional, default any)
- options.destination String Return route ends at any or last coordinate. (optional, default any)
- options.approaches Array? Keep waypoints on curb side. Can be null (unrestricted, default) or curb.
- options.snapping String? Which edges can be snapped to, either default, or any. default only snaps to edges marked by the profile as is_startpoint, any will allow snapping to any edge in the routing graph.
callback Function

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');
var options = {
  coordinates: [
    [13.36761474609375, 52.51663871100423],
    [13.374481201171875, 52.506191342034576]
  ],
  source: "first",
  destination: "last",
  roundtrip: false
}
osrm.trip(options, function(err, response) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(response.waypoints); // array of Waypoint objects
  console.log(response.trips); // array of Route objects
});

Returns Object containing waypoints and trips. waypoints: an array of Waypoint objects representing all waypoints in input order. Each Waypoint object has the following additional properties, 1) trips_index: index to trips of the sub-trip the point was matched to, and 2) waypoint_index: index of the point in the trip. trips: an array of Route objects that assemble the trace.

Plugin behaviour

All plugins support a second additional object that is available to configure some NodeJS specific behaviours.

plugin_config Object Object literal containing parameters for the trip query.
- plugin_config.format String? The format of the result object to various API calls. Valid options are object (default), which returns a standard Javascript object, as described above, and json_buffer, which will return a NodeJS Buffer object, containing a JSON string. The latter has the advantage that it can be immediately serialized to disk/sent over the network, and the generation of the string is performed outside the main NodeJS event loop. This option is ignored by the tile plugin.

Examples

var osrm = new OSRM('network.osrm');
var options = {
  coordinates: [
    [13.36761474609375, 52.51663871100423],
    [13.374481201171875, 52.506191342034576]
  ]
};
osrm.route(options, { format: "json_buffer" }, function(err, response) {
  if (err) throw err;
  console.log(response.toString("utf-8"));
});

Responses

Route

Represents a route through (potentially multiple) waypoints.

Parameters

documentation in osrm-backend

RouteLeg

Represents a route between two waypoints.

Parameters

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RouteStep

A step consists of a maneuver such as a turn or merge, followed by a distance of travel along a single way to the subsequent step.

Parameters

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StepManeuver

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Waypoint

Object used to describe waypoint on a route.

Parameters

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