---
title: "Find Nearest Road Segment in US API"
slug: nearest-major-road-segment
url: https://apyhub.com/dosvak/service/nearest-major-road-segment
provider: Dosvak LLC
categories: [Geolocation]
tags: [geolocation, road-segment, reverse-geocoding, map-matching, gps]
auth: api_key
---

# Find Nearest Road Segment in US API 

Find the nearest major road segment for any latitude and longitude pair. Built for map matching, routing, and cleaning noisy GPS points.

## Endpoints

| Method | URL | Description | Atoms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GET | `https://api.eu.apyhub.com/dosvak/nearest-major-road-segment` | What it does Finds the nearest major road segment for the provided latitude and longitude, with an… | 100 |

## Examples

### Get Nearest Road Segment

#### Quickstart

Find the nearest major road segment for a latitude/longitude pair.

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.eu.apyhub.com/dosvak/nearest-major-road-segment?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&max_distance_m=2000" \
  -H "apy-token: $APY_TOKEN"
```

#### What you'll get back

Returns a JSON object containing the matched road segment and related metadata.

```json
{
  "input": {
    "lat": 34.0522,
    "lon": -118.2437,
    "max_distance_m": 2000
  },
  "road": {
    "road_name": "West 1st Street",
    "road_type": "primary",
    "distance_m": 23.69
  },
  "attribution": [ 
  ]
}
```

## About

## What it does
Nearest Road Segment returns the nearest major road segment for a coordinate pair. Send `lat` and `lon`, and optionally set `max_distance_m` to limit how far the lookup can search.

Use it when you need to snap a location to a nearby road for routing, map display, logistics, or location cleanup. The service is built for point-based lookups where a raw GPS coordinate needs to be matched to road infrastructure.

The request schema is small and direct: latitude and longitude are required, and `max_distance_m` defaults to 2000 with a valid range from 50 to 50000. The response returns the matched road segment for the provided coordinates along with related location details and metadata.

Nearest Road Segment fits workflows that enrich geospatial events, validate coordinate proximity to roads, or prepare data for downstream routing and mapping logic.

## Usage

Base URL: `https://api.eu.apyhub.com` (default region — see
`GET https://apyhub.com/api/public/regions` for the rest).

Authenticate with an ApyHub API key in the `apy-token` header.
Full docs and a live playground: https://apyhub.com/dosvak/service/nearest-major-road-segment