match_trace
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Snap a recorded GPS trace to the road network and say what it actually travelled over. Provide shape (2 to 2000 recorded points, oldest first) or encoded_polyline (the same trace as a polyline6 string) — not both — plus the costing it was travelled under: "auto" (default), "truck", "bicycle", "pedestrian" or "motor_scooter". Costing decides which roads the trace may match onto, so a walk matched as "auto" snaps to the carriageway rather than the footpath. Returns the matched path as geometry_polyline6 (the snapped roads, not your raw points) with its distance_m and duration_s, then the roll-ups: by_road_class and by_admin (distance and time, longest first), by_surface (distance), and toll, bridge and tunnel totals. This is how you turn a dashcam or telematics log into a report — which country and region the driving happened in, how much of it was motorway, how much was tolled, how much was unpaved. Honesty: the roll-ups are summed per matched road segment, so they need not add up to distance_m exactly, and segments the map records no surface or admin area for are left out of that breakdown rather than filed under a guess — an entry in by_admin with null codes is exactly that, counted and not attributed. Needs the MapMap gateway (GATEWAY_URL + GATEWAY_API_KEY); there is no direct-backend fallback.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| costing | any | no | Costing model the trace was travelled under: `auto` (default), `truck`, `bicycle`, `pedestrian` or `motor_scooter`. It decides which roads the trace may be matched onto, so a walked trace matched as `auto` snaps to the carriageway rather than the path. |
| encoded_polyline | string | null | no | The trace as a Google encoded polyline with six digits of decimal precision (polyline6) — the geometry `route` and `match_trace` themselves return. Provide this or `shape`. |
| shape | array | null | no | The trace as an ordered list of recorded points, oldest first. Between 2 and 2000 points. Provide this or `encoded_polyline`. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$defs": {
"CostingKind": {
"description": "Costing models exposed by the MCP tools (a deliberate subset of the\nValhalla costing list), serialised in snake_case exactly as Valhalla\nnames them.",
"oneOf": [
{
"const": "auto",
"description": "Standard car costing.",
"type": "string"
},
{
"const": "truck",
"description": "Truck costing; honours dimensional limits and, when a `truck`\nprofile is supplied, ADR dangerous-goods restrictions.",
"type": "string"
},
{
"const": "bicycle",
"description": "Bicycle costing; tune it with a `bicycle` options object.",
"type": "string"
},
{
"const": "pedestrian",
"description": "Pedestrian (walking) costing; tune it with a `pedestrian` options\nobject (lit streets, wheelchair/blind, hiking difficulty).",
"type": "string"
},
{
"const": "motor_scooter",
"description": "Motor scooter (moped) costing: like auto but prefers lower-speed\nroads and may use ways closed to larger motor vehicles.",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"LatLon": {
"description": "A WGS84 coordinate pair in decimal degrees.",
"properties": {
"lat": {
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees (−90 to 90).",
"format": "double",
"type": "number"
},
"lon": {
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees (−180 to 180).",
"format": "double",
"type": "number"
}
},
"required": [
"lat",
"lon"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"costing": {
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/CostingKind"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Costing model the trace was travelled under: `auto` (default),\n`truck`, `bicycle`, `pedestrian` or `motor_scooter`. It decides\nwhich roads the trace may be matched onto, so a walked trace\nmatched as `auto` snaps to the carriageway rather than the path."
},
"encoded_polyline": {
"description": "The trace as a Google encoded polyline with six digits of decimal\nprecision (polyline6) — the geometry `route` and `match_trace`\nthemselves return. Provide this or `shape`.",
"type": [
"string",
"null"
]
},
"shape": {
"description": "The trace as an ordered list of recorded points, oldest first.\nBetween 2 and 2000 points. Provide this or `encoded_polyline`.",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/LatLon"
},
"type": [
"array",
"null"
]
}
},
"type": "object"
}