When you manage heavy fleets, complex deliveries, and massive scale, you need a routing infrastructure that provides clear costs and precise data. We built the new MapTiler routing and logistics API to give you exact control over your platform. Our routing engine is currently in active development, and we are opening the doors for beta testers to help shape the final product.
A Routing API for Logistics at Scale
MapTiler is building a targeted suite of APIs built to support complex workflows, which are outlined below. Currently, the Directions API is ready for beta testing, with the others following in the coming months:
- Directions API: Multi-point routing with precise maneuvers and dedicated profiles for cars, trucks, bicycles, and pedestrians. Testing Now
- Distance matrix API: Ultra-fast travel time and distance matrices designed for fleet optimization and Traveling Salesman Problems (TSP). Coming soon
- Map matching API: Clean up noisy GPS traces by snapping your historical fleet data to the legal road network, while retrieving speed limit data for compliance. Coming soon
- Route optimization API: Integrated solvers calculate the most efficient order of stops, respecting specific time windows and vehicle capacities. Coming soon
- Isochrones API: Generate accurate reachable areas based on drive time or distance for urban planning and delivery zones. Coming soon
By joining the beta program, you can test the Directions API now and try out the others as they become available. We’ll shape these APIs based on the feedback we receive from you and the other beta testers. Go to the MapTiler Routing page for more information.
Three Key benefits of MapTiler’s upcoming Routing service
1. Precision terrain data for complex deliveries and logistics
Standard routing often treats the map as flat, but real-world logistics require an understanding of the physical environment. Eventually, our routing engine will use a high-precision global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to calculate accurate travel times and energy estimates based on actual terrain gradients.
2. Predictable routing pricing for enterprise fleet management
Many developers and product managers struggle with unpredictable per-tile or per-request billing models that make scaling fleets a financial guessing game. We want to replace this with a Logistics Session model, which would charge a flat rate per driver, per shift. This would mean that you could confidently scale your fleet without facing API rate-limit headaches or complex usage calculations.
3. A unified location platform to reduce vendor dependency
Relying on multiple providers for different parts of your mapping stack complicates your architecture and reduces your control. MapTiler provides a unified location platform, allowing you to access geocoding, highly customizable maps, and enterprise routing through a single API and one contract. This approach gives your organization strategic data ownership, reduces vendor dependency, and ensures your maps are fast, stable, and precise.
Join our global routing API beta today
We are currently benchmarking the engine, finalizing our global data pipelines, and refining the API schema. If you want early access to test our global routing APIs and help define the tools your fleet needs, we want to hear from you.
Visit our routing and logistics page to request beta access today and start building with MapTiler.
