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🇲🇾 OpenRouteService Routing & Geospatial

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HeiGIT / Heidelberg UniversityMaps & locationtier: openauth: API keypricing: freemiumverified 2026-06-15

Open-source routing APIs (directions, isochrones, geocoding, matrix, elevation, optimization) built on OpenStreetMap. Free: ~7k requests/day. Self-hostable. Good open-data alternative to Google.

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# OpenRouteService Routing & Geospatial needs an API key.
# No single public base URL ~ start from the docs:
# https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs

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API: OpenRouteService Routing & Geospatial
Provider: HeiGIT / Heidelberg University
Auth: requires an API key (sign up: https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs)
Pricing: freemium
Important note: Open-source routing APIs (directions, isochrones, geocoding, matrix, elevation, optimization) built on OpenStreetMap. Free: ~7k requests/day. Self-hostable. Good open-data alternative to Google.

Source: HeiGIT / Heidelberg University (https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs)
Source type: Curated source
Endpoint type: Docs-first integration
Integration difficulty: Needs API key
Last checked: 2026-06-15
Production caveat: Keep credentials server-side and confirm current limits, pricing, and webhook/error behaviour in the provider docs.

Help me set up the correct onboarding/authentication path and make the first valid request ~ explain exactly where credentials go and what must happen before production.

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