# Could not find point

**URL:** <https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/could-not-find-point/2581>\
**Category:** directions\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/could-not-find-point/2581 "2021-03-03T11:50:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![sitdfort](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sitdfort](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/sitdfort)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/could-not-find-point/2581/1 "2021-03-03T11:50:22Z")

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I cannot figure out the difference between these requests. The points are nearby, but one of the queries is not working

doesn’t work  
[https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car?api\_key=key&start=30.377169721434196,59.79966883727175&end=29.807628605937,60.456287708753](https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car?api_key=key&start=30.377169721434196,59.79966883727175&end=29.807628605937,60.456287708753)

works fine  
[https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car?api\_key=key&start=30.377169721434196,59.79966883727175&end=29.314948027344,60.671416167036](https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car?api_key=key&start=30.377169721434196,59.79966883727175&end=29.314948027344,60.671416167036)

points:  
start=30.377169721434196,59.79966883727175&end=29.314948027344,60.671416167036  
start=30.377169721434196,59.79966883727175&end=29.807628605937,60.456287708753

This is all in Russia by the way

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**Author:** ![jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/jschnell/32/971_2.png) [@jschnell](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/jschnell)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/could-not-find-point/2581/2 "2021-03-03T13:16:10Z")

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Hey,

first of all, please note that sharing a request like this does expose your private api key to the public - you might want to consider replacing it with “key” or something similar.

On to your question:  
If you go to mark the non-working endpoint on a map and draw a circle with a radius of 350m around it, you’ll see that no valid point that could be routed to is within that circle - it’s only woods and ORS doesn’t support free overland routing.

```auto
import folium

m = folium.Map()

# start
folium.CircleMarker(location = [59.79966883727175, 30.377169721434196], radius=1, color="blue").add_to(m)

# Working end
folium.Circle(location = [60.671416167036, 29.314948027344], radius=350, color="green").add_to(m)

# Non-Working end
folium.Circle(location = [60.456287708753, 29.807628605937], radius=350, color="red").add_to(m)

m

```

This is some example python code, to be run in a jupyter notebook or similar, that’ll show what I’m talking about.

The easiest way around this is to choose points as start and end points that are actually route-able to, i.e. already on a street of sorts. Otherwise, you can increase the search-radius by using the “radiuses”-parameter of a POST-request, compare [the API documentation](https://openrouteservice.org/dev/#/api-docs/v2/directions/%7Bprofile%7D/post).

Best regards,  
Jakob