# About the directions category

**URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/about-the-directions-category/22
**Category:** directions
**Created:** [October 22, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/about-the-directions-category/22 "2018-10-22T20:07:07Z")
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### Author: ![openrouteservice](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/openrouteservice/32/9_2.png) [@openrouteservice](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/openrouteservice)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/about-the-directions-category/22/1 "2018-10-22T20:07:07Z")

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