Roads API
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Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google Maps Roads API | 3 |
| Google Roads API | 1 |
| Roads API canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T576895 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roads API Context triple: [Google Maps, supportsAPI, Roads API]
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A.
National Highways
National Highways is the UK government-owned company responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving England’s motorways and major A-roads.
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B.
Transport Focus
Transport Focus is an independent watchdog organization in Great Britain that represents the interests of transport users, particularly rail, bus, and road passengers, by monitoring services and advocating for improvements.
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C.
A9 road
The A9 road is a major Scottish trunk route running from Falkirk to Scrabster, forming the main north–south artery through the Highlands.
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D.
National Road
The National Road is a historic early 19th-century U.S. highway that served as a major route for westward expansion and commerce, stretching from Maryland into the Midwest.
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E.
A90 road
The A90 road is a major trunk route in eastern Scotland that runs between Edinburgh and Fraserburgh, linking key cities such as Dundee and Aberdeen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roads API Target entity description: Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
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A.
National Highways
National Highways is the UK government-owned company responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving England’s motorways and major A-roads.
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B.
Transport Focus
Transport Focus is an independent watchdog organization in Great Britain that represents the interests of transport users, particularly rail, bus, and road passengers, by monitoring services and advocating for improvements.
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C.
A9 road
The A9 road is a major Scottish trunk route running from Falkirk to Scrabster, forming the main north–south artery through the Highlands.
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D.
National Road
The National Road is a historic early 19th-century U.S. highway that served as a major route for westward expansion and commerce, stretching from Maryland into the Midwest.
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E.
A90 road
The A90 road is a major trunk route in eastern Scotland that runs between Edinburgh and Fraserburgh, linking key cities such as Dundee and Aberdeen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google Maps Platform API
ⓘ
web service ⓘ |
| accessMethod | HTTP GET requests ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod | API key in request ⓘ |
| billingModel | pay-as-you-go ⓘ |
| category |
location-based service
ⓘ
mapping API ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
JSON
ⓘ
XML ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/roads ⓘ |
| endpoint |
Nearest Roads
ⓘ
Snap to Roads ⓘ Speed Limits ⓘ |
| hasType | HTTP web service ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Directions API
ⓘ
Distance Matrix API ⓘ Geocoding API ⓘ Maps JavaScript API ⓘ
linked to:
Maps Platform Maps Library
|
| maintainer |
Google Maps Platform team
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
|
| partOf |
Google Maps APIs
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
|
| primaryFunction |
analyze paths along road networks
ⓘ
identify road segments from GPS coordinates ⓘ snap GPS coordinates to roads ⓘ |
| providedBy |
Google Maps Platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
|
| quotaManagedBy | Google Cloud Console ⓘ |
| requires |
API key
ⓘ
Google Cloud project ⓘ internet connectivity ⓘ |
| returns |
road geometry
ⓘ
road segment metadata ⓘ snapped points ⓘ speed limits for road segments ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Google Maps Platform Terms of Service ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
mobile applications
ⓘ
server-side applications ⓘ web applications ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | HTTPS ⓘ |
| useCase |
analyzing driving behavior along roads
ⓘ
cleaning noisy GPS data ⓘ deriving road-based paths from raw GPS logs ⓘ logistics and fleet tracking ⓘ map matching GPS traces to roads ⓘ retrieving speed limits for navigation applications ⓘ route analysis and visualization ⓘ |
| usesInput |
GPS coordinates
ⓘ
latitude and longitude pairs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Roads API Description of subject: Roads API is a Google Maps web service that lets developers identify, snap to, and analyze road segments and paths based on GPS coordinates.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Roads API
linked to: Roads API
linked to: Roads API
linked to: Roads API