Road and transport context
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What this does not say
Quoted verbatim from the section’s warnings field, exactly as the API returns it. They are not translated: a translation would show something other than what your response actually contains.
- Straight-line metres from the address point to the nearest NVDB object geometry, not travel distance. When nvdb_enriched_at is set, a null distance means nothing of that kind within the search radius (0.5–50 km by type); when it is null the address has not been checked yet.
Fields
18 of 19 fields are value fields — the ones that decide whether a record actually says anything. The rest are context: identifiers, codes and timestamps. Fields marked “open” return values to anonymous callers; the rest require a key.
| Field | Type | Role | Demo |
|---|---|---|---|
| nearest_road_speed_limit | integer | null (km/h) | value | open |
| high_speed_road_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_bus_stop_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_transit_hub_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_noise_barrier_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_speed_bump_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_traffic_signal_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_tunnel_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_bridge_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_toll_station_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_parking_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_railway_crossing_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| has_sidewalk_nearby | boolean | null | value | open |
| has_street_lighting | boolean | null | value | open |
| nearest_intersection_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_roundabout_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_rest_area_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nearest_ferry_dock_distance_m | number | null (m) | value | open |
| nvdb_enriched_at | string | null | context | — |
Fetch this section
Send the key in the X-API-Key header. The section can be fetched with the rest of the address, or on its own with pagination.
curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error \ -H "X-API-Key: $APPROACH_API_KEY" \ 'https://api.approach.no/api/v1/addresses/285717643?include=roads' # paginated, one section at a time curl --fail-with-body --silent --show-error \ -H "X-API-Key: $APPROACH_API_KEY" \ 'https://api.approach.no/api/v1/addresses/285717643/sections/roads?limit=25'
Try it now
This is a real call against the public demo, from here. What appears below is what the API returned — not a sample.