Point One Navigation has announced the public launch of GraphQL API, delivering integration and observability into location for GNSS-powered devices.
The GraphQL API simplifies development, eliminating the need for vendor libraries, intermediate data stores or working with convoluted networks of REST endpoints. Developers building RTK-enabled products can now integrate location into their products and services.
Legacy REST-based APIs are built around how the vendor stores their data, not around how developers use that data.
Using Point One’s GraphQL API, developers can now send a single HTTPS request and receive plain, well-formed JSON data that can be used natively without an intermediate datastore or application. Getting all the data needed from a single request simplifies integration for developers. In most cases, the solution can be integrated into a RTK-enabled product within a single day.
GraphQL subscriptions are available for real-time applications, enabling developers to subscribe to changes and events. This enables developers to create reactive, event-based systems rather than having to juggle timers, polling intervals and quotas.
“We’ve seen the adoption of precision location being held back by the lack of straightforward APIs for integration, credential provisioning, and management. As a developer-focused company, we are excited to launch an API that vastly simplifies both integration and operations for RTK-enabled products. We look forward to seeing the innovative products developers will create with this unprecedented technology, and are proud to provide unmatched observability,” said Aaron Nathan, Point One Navigation CEO.
The GraphQL API enables provisioning and credential management for product creators. Corrections can be automatically associated with devices; there's no need to share NTRIP credentials with end users or provide support around NTRIP passwords and mount points.
Combined with a web-based management portal, the API is designed to empower product creators and operations teams to manage and troubleshoot devices or consume events in real time into their own systems.
