A crucial feature for tourism and travel web sites!

ViaMichelin is pleased to announce the release of its ViaMichelin Maps & Drive API product range

Focused on e-travel, the Maps & Drive API is made for the tourism, travel and leisure sectors!

If you require geolocating services to respond to your users’ needs, the ViaMichelin Maps & Drive API solution is what you have been looking for !

Based on the technology that drives ViaMichelin.com, this system allows easy integration of maps, itineraries, checking address and the ViaMichelin hotel reservation engine into your Internet site. You can benefit from our 6 years of experience in geolocating and 4 years in web services

Our 6 groups of services are designed to create a coherent and complete system that can interface with your web applications. What are the 6 groups?

1. ViaMichelin itineraries, benefiting from our recognized expertise gained from over 100 years of experience in the road, with multiple customized itinerary types: recommended by Michelin, shortest, quickest, economical, scenic, on foot, by bike. Assure a seamless integration with your site’s look and feel by customizing the colour, opacity and stroke width of the itinerary path displayed on the ViaMichelin map.
2. ViaMichelin’s high quality maps on-line, covering over 40 countries with street-level zoom (Europe, USA, Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore…)
3. the ViaMichelin hotel reservation engine, a unique service comprising over 70,000 hotels in Europe, a very successful feature of the viamichelin.com site.
4. the ViaMichelin checking address and geocoding engine, renowned in its field as a benchmark for geolocating
5. the proximity search system, using straight-line distance or road network distance
6. transfer of geographical coordinates to ViaMichelin GPS Personal Navigation Devices, allowing you to stay in contact with your internauts all the way to their car.

In addition, the system is 100% compatible with HTML & JavaScript, Internet standards, enabling easy access and integration for developers and webmasters. This web services approach also provides you with the benefits of easy customization at the user interface level.

Would you like to start using it? We’ve made it easy. There are just 4 steps to follow:

1. Visit the ViaMichelin Developer Network site and select the functions that correspond to your requirements. You can also look at the on-line examples.
2. Register (on line, or by contacting our European customer support service if you are interested in the Business version)
3. Receive your Key code
4. Insert a few lines of JavaScript in your site’s HTML code, following the on-line examples we provide

Do you need some help? No problem! In addition to the documentation and numerous examples, all available on-line, the ViaMichelin technical and marketing teams are available to respond to your questions in the forum, which will be on line very soon. Also, you can keep informed of the latest developments by reading the blog on the Developer Network site.

Lots of downloadable sample code

So why wait? Link up with us using the ViaMichelin Maps & Drive API!