SELECT id, x(the_geom), y(the_geom) FROM vertices_tmp WHERE id = ( SELECT id(foo.x) as id FROM ( SELECT find_node_by_nearest_link_within_distance( 'POINT(longitude_value latitude_value)', 0.5, 'ways')::link_point as x ) AS foo )
SELECT st_asgeojson(st_transform(st_union(the_geom), 900913)) as geometry FROM ways WHERE gid in ( SELECT edge_id FROM shortest_path(' SELECT gid as id, source::integer, target::integer, to_cost as cost, reverse_cost FROM ways', start_vertice_id, end_vertice_id, false, false) );