Set a stop along a route

To set a stop along a route, for example, for a pickup or dropoff, you designate a waypoint as a stopover waypoint. To do this, use the vehicleStopover property of a waypoint. This setting ensures that the calculated route doesn't begin or end on a road that is unsuitable for pickup and drop-off, such as a highway or tunnel.

Consider the situation where a surface road crosses over a road inside a tunnel. If you were to specify a waypoint located where the two roads intersect (as seen on a map), then the resulting route would begin or end on either the surface road or the tunnel. This result presents a problem because you can't stop in tunnels to make pickups or drop-offs.

If you want to use the waypoint for a pickup or drop-off, then you can set the vehicleStopover field to true to ensure that the resulting route begins or ends on a road that allows pickups and drop-offs.

The following example request shows how to set a stopover waypoint:

constrouteRequestWithIntermediates={
origin:'Mountain View, CA',
destination:'San Francisco, CA',
travelMode:'DRIVING',
intermediates:[
{location:'San Mateo, CA'},
{location:'Half Moon Bay, CA',vehicleStopover:true}
],
fields:['path','legs'],
};