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Multi-modal Routes

The Alpaca platform allows an Itinerary Direction to contain multiple different route sections which could represent multiple different transport modes when moving between locations.

An example of this use case could be suit presenting a route that includes traveling using walk, transit, plane all together. This is often useful in presenting transit based routes, where a user may mix transportation to move between locations.

Docs IconMulti-modal routing can be complex, but may be achievable using omit-list and omit-detail flags, which can allow you to plot locations for each stop, such as the start and stop of the walking leg, the start and stop of the transit leg, then using the omit flags to stop them being presented in the list. There are other trade-offs with this approach.

Creating multi-modal Itinerary Directions

When creating your Itinerary Directions, you are able to specify multiple segments that can represent different parts of the directions. These provide the opportunity to change the mode of transport.

1# Creates itinerary directions for between locations in an itinerary. Uses
2# the input variable of "segments" containing a sequence of segments, each
3# containing their own mode
4
5mutation createItineraryDirections(
6  $itineraryId: ID!
7  $originItineraryLocationId: ID!
8  $destinationItineraryLocationId: ID!
9  $segments: [RouteSegmentInput!]!
10) {
11  # use createItineraryDirections to create directions in an itinerary
12  createItineraryDirections(
13    # Supply the itinerary ID
14    itineraryId: $itineraryId
15    # Provide the model for directions
16    directions: {
17      # Provide the route for the directions
18      route: {
19        # Create segments for each mode. Add additional segments sequentially
20        # here as we support modal, e.g. Foot -> Car -> Foot etc. depending on
21        # the fidelity of the directions
22        segments: $segments
23      }
24      # Contextualise the directions from origin/destination
25      # Origin itinerary location
26      originId: $originItineraryLocationId
27      # Position under the destination itinerary location
28      positionAtEnd: {
29        # Destination itinerary location
30        parentId: $destinationItineraryLocationId
31      }
32    }
33  ) {
34    # Query what was affected as a response
35    cascaded {
36      created {
37        id
38        __typename
39      }
40    }
41  }
42}

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