公开(公告)号：US20170277578A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15080683

申请日：2016-03-25

Applicant: Google Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin Greenwood ,  Joseph Laurence Scarr

IPC: G06F9/54 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G06F9/44

CPC classification number: G06F9/541 ,  G01C21/3476 ,  G01C21/3644 ,  G01C21/367 ,  G01C21/3676 ,  G06F8/38 ,  G06F9/44505 ,  G06F9/542

Abstract: Navigation application programming interfaces that can be used to embed navigation services in software applications are provided. In one embodiment, the application programming interface includes a first set of instructions specifying one or more first parameters to control the implementation of a navigation service by the software application. The navigation service can provide navigation information to a user of the software application. The application programming interface can include a second set of instructions specifying one or more second parameters to control interaction with a navigation engine provided by the navigation data provider via the application programming interface. The application programming interface can further include a waypoint function specified as part of the first instructions operable to set a plurality of waypoints for a navigation route. The application programming interface can be operable to receive a multi-waypoint navigation route determined based on the plurality of waypoints.