HopStop.com - HopStop Direct - Developer Resources

Welcome to HopStop Direct

HopStop Direct is a set of standard-based web APIs that easily integrates into your website, allowing your clients to receive customized door-to-door public transit and walking directions along with detailed maps to locations in large metropolitan areas. HopStop Direct currently supports following metropolitan areas: Albany; Albuquerque; Allentown / Lehigh; Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Boston; Buffalo; Calgary; Charlotte; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus; Dallas / Ft. Worth; Delaware; Denver / Boulder; Detroit; Edmonton; Eugene; Flagstaff; Green Bay/Appleton; Halifax; Hamilton; Hartford; Honolulu; Houston; Huntsville; Indiana; Kansas City; Lansing; Las Vegas; Lexington; London; Long Island; Los Angeles; Louisville; Madison; Metro North Area; Miami / S. Florida; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; Montreal; Moscow; New Jersey; New Orleans; New York; Norfolk / VA Beach; Ottawa; Paris; Philadelphia; Phoenix Metro; Pittsburgh; Portland; Providence; Quebec City; Raleigh-Durham; Reno / Tahoe; Richmond; Rochester; Sacramento; Saint Petersburg; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; San Diego; San Francisco Bay; Sarasota; Seattle / Tacoma; Spokane; St Louis; Tampa / St. Pete; Toronto; Vancouver; Victoria; Washington, DC; Waterloo; Wilmington, NC; Winnipeg;

Attract more customers to your business and give your website visitors valuable and empowering information with HopStop Direct.

Benefits

	1. Enrich the USER EXPERIENCE on your website by providing customized subway, bus and walking directions to any location in the city. 2. Improve the "stickiness" of your website by adding VALUE and INTERACTIVITY. 3. Increase REVENUE by bringing MORE customers to your business and helping them find their way to your store, business location or any other point of interest, faster. 4. Leverage the power of HopStop while you RETAIN your website's look-and-feel and control over the user's experience.

Key Features

Design and Brand Control
You have total control over the HopStop Direct direction results, so it aligns perfectly with your existing brand identity. Seamlessly integrate mass transit direction capability with your website's existing design while retaining a consistent user experience.

Simple Implementation
Fully-functional PHP, Perl, or .NET scripts and demos are available to expedite implementation.

Multi-language Support
Users can view the directions in one of nine languages. Supported languages include English, Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Russian, Greek, Italian and Swahili.

Patent-pending Routing Technology
Generate transit system directions to and from any location in the major U.S cities. Customers can customize routing with their own travel and languages preferences. Users also receive detailed directions, such as "Turn left onto Wall Street. Take the 2 train heading Uptown. Transfer." Etc.

Open XML Standard
It's easy to share data and automate data processing with XML. The structured output means HopStop's technology will be compatibility with your existing and future technology infrastructure. The service can be accessed through one of the three ports implemented: SOAP, HTTP POST, or HTTP GET.

Clear subway and bus directions

Easy to read walking directions and maps

*HopStop sets limits and restrictions to the type and amount of content available via the free version of HopStop Direct on a per user basis. The free version has a limit of 100 transactions per day per user or license key. Users may not alter or obscure the logos or attribution on the maps or disclaimer notices. Please see the terms of use and branding requirements for more information. If you need a higher limit, access to additional data, or additional search capabilities, please contact us.