Specialist Tools

Unleash your innovation and free yourself from the constraints of high level libraries to create truly unique applications by accessing CloudMade’s low level web services. Core services can be accessed via a range of HTTP APIs that give experienced developers a huge amount of flexibility.

Find out more about CloudMade’s Specialist Tools:

• Custom Map Tiles – use custom map tiles within your own framework or push the boundaries and create 2.5D displays
• Vector Stream Server – render rich vector map data on the web or mobile using either the bounding box or tiled APIs
• Routing – calculate route times, distances and more to create your own unique routing based applications
• Geocoding – add geocoding and reverse geocoding to any app – web, mobile or desktop, with or without maps
• Local Search – bring the richness of the mapped world into any application
• Static Maps – the perfect choice when you need a small, stylish map in your mobile or web application

The Specialist Tools are available to experienced developers who want maximum flexibility. Consider using the specialist services if:

• You want to create a highly customized user experience
• You want direct access to a service such as Geocoding, Local Search or Routing
• You are developing on a web, mobile or server platform that is not supported by CloudMade. If so, let us know – we may be able to support your platform.

Please be aware that each of the specialist services has usage restrictions – you can find out more about the restrictions in this FAQ. We want to support your innovation – if you are doing something interesting and unique with our specialist HTTP services, we may increase your usage limits at no cost. Get in touch to find out more.