Introduction to routing and directions
Routing is the process of finding routes and directions and performing advanced analyses on street networks. The routing service can solve complex network problems such as creating an optimized route to visit many destinations, finding the closest facility, identifying a service area around a location, or servicing a set of orders with a fleet of vehicles. It can also create a travel cost matrix and find the best place to locate a new facility. To learn how to use the service, go to topics below.
Topics
Simple routing
Learn how to find walking, driving, and trucking routes and directions.
Optimized routing
Learn how to find the most efficent route between an origin and multiple locations.
Fleet routing
Learn how to route delivery vehicles to multiple locations.
Closest facility routing
Learn how to find a route and directions to the closest facility.
Service areas
Learn how to find areas that can be reached within a given time or distance.
Travel cost matrix
Learn how to create a time or distance chart for multiple origins and destinations.
Location allocation
Learn how to find the best location for a facility, supply center, or store.
Tutorials
Find a route and directions
Find a route and directions with the routing service.
Find service areas
Create an isochrone with driving distance with the routing service.
Services
Routing service
Get turn-by-turn directions and solve advanced routing problems.
API support
| Routing | Optimized Routing | Fleet routing | Closest facility routing | Service areas | Location-allocation | Travel cost matrix | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Kotlin | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Swift | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Java | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ArcGIS Maps SDK for Qt | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ArcGIS API for Python | |||||||
| ArcGIS REST JS | |||||||
| Esri Leaflet | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| MapLibre GL JS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| OpenLayers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
- 1. Access with geoprocessing task.
- 2. Access via ArcGIS REST JS.
Tools
Developer dashboard
Manage API keys, service usage, and data with the ArcGIS Developers website.
ArcGIS Online
Create, manage, and share content and data with cloud-based GIS tools.
Map Viewer
Create, explore, and share web maps for 2D applications.
Scene Viewer
Create, explore, and share web scenes for 3D applications.
ArcGIS Pro
Explore, visualize, and analyze both 2D and 3D data with desktop GIS tools.