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**Author:** [@openrouteservice](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/openrouteservice)\ **Replies:** 0
Questions concerning interfacing ORS from R/Shiny, in particular by using the openrouteservice R package. --- ## [Cannot get smoothing option to work in ors\_isochrone in R](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cannot-get-smoothing-option-to-work-in-ors-isochrone-in-r/7301)
**Author:** [@ajo1993](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/ajo1993)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/cannot-get-smoothing-option-to-work-in-ors-isochrone-in-r/7301 "2025-05-12T08:53:54Z")
Hello, I am having difficulty using the “smoothing” option in ors\_isochrones using the ORS API in R. I didn’t want to open an issue in Github as I read that this is the right space for questions. Hopefully that I unders… --- ## [OpenRouteService Matrix API: ‘6004 Request Parameters Exceed Server Limits’ Even When Under 3,500 Routes](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openrouteservice-matrix-api-6004-request-parameters-exceed-server-limits-even-when-under-3-500-routes/7096)
**Author:** [@ka88](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/ka88)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openrouteservice-matrix-api-6004-request-parameters-exceed-server-limits-even-when-under-3-500-routes/7096 "2025-04-03T13:25:17Z")
I am using OpenRouteService (ORS) Matrix API in R to compute travel times between grid centroids (origins) and hospitals (destinations). However, I keep encountering the error: Error: Openrouteservice API request failed… --- ## [Calling ors\_pois in R](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/calling-ors-pois-in-r/6495)
**Author:** [@servidor](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/servidor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/calling-ors-pois-in-r/6495 "2024-09-19T15:18:35Z")
Hi In R, I’m trying to get the POI inside a defined box so I can pass then as markers (add\_markers) ors\_pois(geometry = list(bbox = list(c(-90.5158552, 14.6012396), c(-90.51270092658864,14.596370217083651)), buffer … --- ## [How to get road surface information for my route](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-road-surface-information-for-my-route/6301)
**Author:** [@Gashakamba](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/Gashakamba)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/how-to-get-road-surface-information-for-my-route/6301 "2024-07-15T11:39:25Z")
I am using ORS public API to get an optimal route between my home-base location to many destinations. I am getting both the optimal itinerary (which destination to visit first, then second, etc) and the actual geometry o… --- ## [Using ors\_optimization command in R](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/using-ors-optimization-command-in-r/5429)
**Author:** [@bjscheffer](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/bjscheffer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/using-ors-optimization-command-in-r/5429 "2023-11-02T14:08:11Z")
I want to use the ors\_optimization command in R on a large last-mile delivery dataset (from China). However, I am looking for some example code for optimizing a route with one origin, multiple destinations with either th… --- ## [Set \`radiuses\` parameter in R](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/set-radiuses-parameter-in-r/3344)
**Author:** [@B3nEIs](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/B3nEIs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/set-radiuses-parameter-in-r/3344 "2021-11-25T13:59:22Z")
Hello Team Openrouteservice, Thank you for your really useful ors service! I would like to change the radiuses parameter for R ors\_optimization(). Could you help me with some example code? I can’t figure out how to p… --- ## [Openrouteservice for 4.0](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openrouteservice-for-4-0/2333)
**Author:** [@seabass20](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/seabass20)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openrouteservice-for-4-0/2333 "2020-11-30T08:52:53Z")
Hi, After using openrouteservice for several months without a hitch in R, I recently upgraded to the newest version of R (4.0.3). I cannot, however, install the openrouteservice package while using the newest version of… --- ## [Getting error in Coordinates :Error in request(headers = c(..., .headers)) : is.character(headers) is not TRUE](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/getting-error-in-coordinates-error-in-request-headers-c-headers-is-character-headers-is-not-true/1362)
**Author:** [@DJSUBHAOO7](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/DJSUBHAOO7)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/getting-error-in-coordinates-error-in-request-headers-c-headers-is-character-headers-is-not-true/1362 "2020-02-18T12:35:41Z")
coordinates \<- data.frame(lon = c(8.34234, 8.34423), lat = c(48.23424, 48.26424)) route\<-ors\_directions(coordinates, profile = ors\_profile(), format = c(“geojson”),api\_key = api, output = c(“sf”),) --- ## [Isochrones unequal range/interval](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/isochrones-unequal-range-interval/757)
**Author:** [@namenick42](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/namenick42)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/isochrones-unequal-range-interval/757 "2019-07-18T13:53:05Z")
Hi there, I’m using the isochrones function from R to create coverage profiles for fire engines. A problem i am facing is the that the output at the end of the line is response time. That is dispatch time + turn out tim… --- ## [Population withing Isochrone data](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/population-withing-isochrone-data/722)
**Author:** [@michal\_kapusta](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/michal_kapusta)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 5:27am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/population-withing-isochrone-data/722 "2019-07-11T05:27:31Z")
Hi ORS Team, first of all, thank you for the fantastic work you are all doing for the open source community. I am trying to use the R package to retrieve the population data within my desired isochrone. Is there a way… --- ## [Isocrones do not fit in bbox if center is left of 0°](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/isocrones-do-not-fit-in-bbox-if-center-is-left-of-0/60)
**Author:** [@ragapack](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/ragapack)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/isocrones-do-not-fit-in-bbox-if-center-is-left-of-0/60 "2018-11-02T11:01:55Z")
Hi, I am working to build a shiny app adding features to a sample file of Andrzej. After build the Isocrones I want the Isocrones fit into the app window. This works fine until I create Isocrones in Europe or Asia, bu…