# WayCategory definitions

**URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/waycategory-definitions/897
**Category:** directions
**Created:** [September 2, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/waycategory-definitions/897 "2019-09-02T12:03:04Z")
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### Author: ![gyorig](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@gyorig](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/gyorig)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/waycategory-definitions/897/1 "2019-09-02T12:03:04Z")

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Hi,

I’m using ORS in an application where I’m trying to add context to my existing data with further data from OSM. Acquiring extra information such as way types and way categories would be essential to my solution, however, I’m struggling to make sense of the below description as it seems to contradict the API response I get.

> **[GitHub - GIScience/openrouteservice-docs: :memo: This repository stores the...](https://github.com/GIScience/openrouteservice-docs#waycategory)**
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> :memo: This repository stores the swagger specifications of the openrouteservice API. Browse to swagger for a detailed overview. - GitHub - GIScience/openrouteservice-docs: :memo: This repository s...

This is the test request I’m working with at the moment, a car trip from Budapest to Vienna, almost exclusively on highway and urban streets.

` curl -X POST \ 'https://api.openrouteservice.org/v2/directions/driving-car' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Accept: application/json, application/geo+json, application/gpx+xml, img/png; charset=utf-8' \ -H 'Authorization: xxx' \ -d '{"coordinates":[[18.9902195,47.4811281],[16.2399765,48.2205998]],"extra_info":["waytype","waycategory"]}'`

The response includes the following details:

` "waycategory": { "values": [[0, 128, 0], [128, 134, 2], [134, 1127, 3], ... , [1898, 1923, 1], [1923, 2208, 0]], "summary": [{ "value": 3, "distance": 186816.2, "amount": 72.17 }, { "value": 1, "distance": 52595.8, "amount": 20.32 }, { "value": 0, "distance": 18507.1, "amount": 7.15 }, { "value": 2, "distance": 920.3, "amount": 0.36 }] }, `

Is there something I’m missing here, or is the docs out of sync with the implementation?

Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![adam](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/adam/32/8_2.png) [@adam](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/adam)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/waycategory-definitions/897/2 "2019-09-02T14:43:47Z")

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Hi @gyorig,  
I’ve just had a quick look and it does seem that that documentation is a bit outdated, so we will look into making sure that it is working correctly soon.

For now though, I believe that the correct codes are:  
0 - unclassified/unknown  
1 - highway (motorway)  
2 - tollway  
4 - steps  
8 - ferries  
16 - fords.

So for your response, 0 would be no category, 1 would be a motorway, 2 would be a tollway (that isn’t a motorway), and 3 would be a motorway that is also a tollway.

Hope that helps

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### Author: ![gyorig](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@gyorig](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/gyorig)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 7:38am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/waycategory-definitions/897/3 "2019-09-03T07:38:16Z")

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Hi @adam,

thank you, it makes sense this way.

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