Traffic Flow service
Purpose
The Traffic Flow service is a suite of web services designed for developers to create web and mobile applications around real-time traffic. These web services can be used via RESTful APIs. The Traffic Flow API's are based on real-time traffic data from TomTom Traffic™. The Traffic API Traffic Flow service consists of the the following endpoints:
Flow Segment Data
This service provides information about the speeds and travel times of the road fragment closest to the given coordinates.
Raster Flow Tiles
The TomTom Traffic Raster Flow Tile service serves 256 x 256 pixel or 512 x 512 pixel tiles showing traffic flow.
Vector Flow Tiles
The Traffic Vector Flow Tiles API endpoint provides data on zoom levels ranging from 0 to 22.
Features
Harness the power of TomTom Traffic™ for your application!
TomTom's Traffic Flow RESTful API:
- Is updated every minute with very latest traffic speed information.
- Is based on the zooming level of different road categories that are displayed.
- Provides traffic speed information for display on your map view with an option to use the absolute or relative speed information.
- Returns detailed information about traffic speed. Details include:
- Current speed
- Freeflow speed
- A quality indicator