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API for getting routes and traffic data?

I'm interested in working on a side project at work that combines traffic data and automatic route planning with our dispatching application. However, it seems that Google Maps and the Microsoft Virtual Earth platform place restrictions that interfere with what I would like to do.

Is there an API (free or commercial) that allows the following:

  • Real-time traffic data acquisition in a limited region using an automated system
  • Automatic geocoding and local caching of received values ​​of longitude and latitude
  • Free development license for internal testing (may have limitations on the request, etc.)

I do not need to display maps. I just need to get directions and traffic data that I can use to implement a simple Vera-Desire-Intent agent system that automatically schedules and redirects service trucks based on time constraints and traffic problems.

Thanks!

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The Microsoft MapPoint Web Service has real-time traffic, routing, and geocoding components. The only problem with MS MapPoint is that it is estimated that larger organizations than ours require a much higher transaction volume, which is why we buy MS MapPoint web services through a NACGEO reseller and have been very pleased so far. NACGEO Website

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Have you looked at http://developer.yahoo.com/traffic/rest/V1/index.html and other APIs at http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/ ? Not sure if they fit your needs, but you don't mention checking them, and such checking should be easy.

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