Specifying Lat/Lng Locations
The Mapquest Platform Services all use locations. The following documentation is to explain different ways locations can be formed across all the services offered.
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Lat/Lng Locations
When using key/value pairs as input, lat/lng locations are all that can be given. The following lat/lng location formats are supported:
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| latLng | 54.0484068,-2.7990345 |
| JSON Object (See below for details) |
{latLng:{lat:54.0484068,lng:-2.7990345}} |
Advanced Locations
Using JSON or XML as your input format allows a higher degree of lat/lng specification.
To specify locations in JSON or XML, you must include a "locations" parameter that encloses a list of locations.
It is locations:[ and ] in JSON, or <locations> and </locations> in XML.
The contents of the locations must be Location objects.
Location objects are either
- Strings, which are assumed to be lat/lngs (as described above), or
- Location objects, which are JSON objects containing the parameters described in the table below.
Request Parameters
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| latLng | Returns the latitude, longitude for routing and is the nearest point on a road for the entrance. |
Request Sample
Below is an example of forming a Locations object which would be used for getting Directions.
| JSON Request Example | XML Request Example |
|---|---|
{
locations:
[
{
latLng:
{
lat: 54.0484068,
lng: -2.7990345
}
latLng:
{
lat: 53.9593817,
lng: -1.0814175
}
}
]
}
|
<locations> <location> <latLng> <lat>54.0484068</lat> <lng>-2.7990345</lng> </latLng> <latLng> <lat>53.9593817</lat> <lng>-1.0814175</lng> </latLng> </location> </locations> |
