name: Azure Maps description: >- Azure Maps provides geospatial APIs for maps, routing, geocoding, traffic, weather, and spatial analysis. The service offers a comprehensive suite of REST APIs to embed location intelligence into applications spanning mobile, web, and IoT scenarios across multiple transport modes. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ tags: - Geocoding - Geospatial - Location - Maps - Mobility - Routing - Traffic - Weather created: '2026-03-13' modified: '2026-04-28' url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-maps/ specificationVersion: '0.18' apis: - name: Azure Maps Search API description: >- Provides geocoding, reverse geocoding, address parsing, point of interest search, and structured search. Returns candidate matches ranked by relevance for free-form, structured, and POI queries with worldwide coverage. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/search baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Address - Geocoding - POI - Reverse Geocoding - Search properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/search - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/azure-maps-authentication - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-use-search-service - name: Azure Maps Route API description: >- Calculates routes between origin and destination, provides turn-by-turn directions, supports multiple travel modes, traffic-aware routing, route matrices, and route range (isochrone) calculations. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/route baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Directions - Isochrone - Routing - Traffic-Aware - Travel Modes properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/route - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/how-to-use-best-practices-for-routing - name: Azure Maps Render API description: >- Returns map tiles, static images, and vector tiles in multiple styles including satellite, road, and hybrid. Supports raster and vector tile formats, custom imagery, and traffic overlays for embedding maps into applications. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/render baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Map Tiles - Raster - Render - Static Images - Vector Tiles properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/render - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/zoom-levels-and-tile-grid - name: Azure Maps Traffic API description: >- Provides real-time and historical traffic data including traffic flow, incident reports, and traffic tile imagery. Useful for routing, fleet management, and applications requiring up-to-date road conditions. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/traffic baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Flow - Incidents - Real-Time - Traffic properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/traffic - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/traffic-coverage - name: Azure Maps Weather API description: >- Provides current weather conditions, hourly and daily forecasts, severe weather alerts, weather along a route, and historical weather. Powered by AccuWeather data and global coverage. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/weather baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Alerts - Forecast - Historical - Weather properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/weather - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/weather-coverage - name: Azure Maps Timezone API description: >- Returns time zone information for a given coordinate, IANA time zone ID, or Windows time zone ID. Includes current time, daylight saving offsets, and time zone metadata. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/timezone baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - DST - IANA - Time Zone - UTC Offset properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/timezone - name: Azure Maps Geolocation API description: >- Returns the ISO country code for a supplied IP address, useful for content localization, regulatory compliance, and access control based on user geographic location. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/geolocation baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Country Code - Geolocation - IP Address - Localization properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/geolocation - name: Azure Maps Spatial API description: >- Performs spatial computations such as distance, closest point, point in polygon, geofence evaluation, and great circle distance. Enables location analytics and spatial reasoning workloads. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/spatial baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Geofencing - Point in Polygon - Spatial Analysis - Spatial Operations properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/spatial - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/geofence-geojson - name: Azure Maps Elevation API description: >- Returns elevation data in meters above sea level for points, polylines, and bounding boxes. Useful for terrain analysis, topographic visualization, and elevation profile calculations along a route. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/elevation baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - DEM - Elevation - Terrain - Topography properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/elevation - name: Azure Maps Creator API description: >- Indoor maps service for creating, managing, and rendering custom indoor maps. Supports drawing package conversion, dataset and tileset management, feature state, and wayfinding for indoor environments. image: https://azure.microsoft.com/svghandler/azure-maps/ humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/creator baseURL: https://atlas.microsoft.com tags: - Creator - Indoor Maps - Tileset - Wayfinding properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/maps/creator - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/creator-indoor-maps common: - type: Portal url: https://portal.azure.com - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/ - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/quick-demo-map-app - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/azure-maps-authentication - type: SDKs url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/about-azure-maps - type: Pricing url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-maps/ - type: Status url: https://status.azure.com/ - type: Support url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/options/ - type: Blog url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/tag/azure-maps/ - type: Change Log url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-maps/release-notes-map-control - type: Terms of Service url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/ - type: Privacy Policy url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement - type: GitHub Organization url: https://github.com/Azure - type: Website url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/azure-maps - type: Login url: https://portal.azure.com - type: Sign Up url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com