Routes API
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routes.googleapis.com API.
Service: routes.googleapis.com
The Service name routes.googleapis.com is needed to create RPC client stubs.
| Methods |
ComputeRouteMatrix |
Takes in a list of origins and destinations and returns a stream containing route information for each combination of origin and destination. |
ComputeRoutes |
Returns the primary route along with optional alternate routes, given a set of terminal and intermediate waypoints. |
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Last updated 2025-08-27 UTC.
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