Introduction
This document introduces the Public Transit API and:
- explains key concepts
- provides examples
- documents resources and query parameters
- documents response structures and data types
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What Is the Public Transit API?
The Public Transit API is a REST API that allows you to use agency data, external services and data collected by HERE to discover public transit options, request public transit routes and transit related information.
The Public Transit API has a number of endpoints that center around two major features:
- Discovery - shows stations and departure of transit services around a given location, transit stations that could be reached within a certain time frame from a given location and shows transit line(s) details at any given station
- Routing - provides the most efficient and relavant transit routes between a given pair of locations.
Why Use the Public Transit API?
The Public Transit API provides resources to address the following high-level use cases:
| Feature | Description |
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| Discover public transit options in a geolocation. | Based on a WGS-84 compliant latitude and longitude, search for nearby stations, determine what public transit information is available in the area (e.g. transit lines and departure times), and discover how far a person can travel by public transit within a certain time frame. |
| Request public transit routes. | Based on WGS-84 compliant start and end points, request public transit routes making use of all avalable transit types in a given city or metropolitan area. You can tailor transit route calculation for different use cases by:
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