diff --git a/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/Entities/Path.cs b/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/Entities/Path.cs
index 3530dd6..e717b8c 100644
--- a/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/Entities/Path.cs
+++ b/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/Entities/Path.cs
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ public class Path
 		public PathStyle Style { get; set; }
 
 		public IList<ILocationString> Locations { get; set; }
+		public string EncodePolyline { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/StaticMapsEngine.cs b/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/StaticMapsEngine.cs
index 3aa4957..c3cb9bd 100644
--- a/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/StaticMapsEngine.cs
+++ b/GoogleMapsApi/StaticMaps/StaticMapsEngine.cs
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ public string GenerateStaticMapURL(StaticMapRequest request)
 
 			var parametersList = new QueryStringParametersList();
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.ApiKey))
-            {
-                string apiKey = request.ApiKey;
-                parametersList.Add("key", apiKey);
-            }
+			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(request.ApiKey))
+			{
+				string apiKey = request.ApiKey;
+				parametersList.Add("key", apiKey);
+			}
 
-            if (request.Center != null)
+			if (request.Center != null)
 			{
 				ILocationString center = request.Center;
 
@@ -48,15 +48,15 @@ public string GenerateStaticMapURL(StaticMapRequest request)
 				parametersList.Add("zoom", request.Zoom.ToString());
 			}
 
-		    if (request.Scale != default)
-		    {
-		        if (!ValidScales.Contains(request.Scale))
-		        {
-                    throw new ArgumentException("Scale is invalid; must be a value of 1, 2 or 4");
-		        }
+			if (request.Scale != default)
+			{
+				if (!ValidScales.Contains(request.Scale))
+				{
+					throw new ArgumentException("Scale is invalid; must be a value of 1, 2 or 4");
+				}
 
-                parametersList.Add("scale", request.Scale.ToString());
-		    }
+				parametersList.Add("scale", request.Scale.ToString());
+			}
 
 			if (request.Size.Width != default || request.Size.Height != default)
 			{
@@ -312,7 +312,10 @@ public string GenerateStaticMapURL(StaticMapRequest request)
 
 					string styleString = string.Join("|", pathStyleParams);
 
-					string locations = string.Join("|", path.Locations.Select(location => location.LocationString));
+					string locations = string.IsNullOrEmpty(path.EncodePolyline) ? 
+						string.Join("|", path.Locations.Select(location => location.LocationString))
+						: $"enc:{path.EncodePolyline}";
+
 
 					parametersList.Add("path", string.Format("{0}|{1}", styleString, locations));
 				}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd1edfd..65dca0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://github.com/maximn/google-maps/actions/workflows/dotnet.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/maximn/google-maps/actions/workflows/dotnet.yml)
 [![NuGet Status](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/GoogleMapsApi.svg)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GoogleMapsApi/)
 
-google-maps
-===========
+# google-maps
 
 Google Maps Web Services API wrapper for .NET
 
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ The web page - http://maximn.github.com/google-maps
 
 NuGet page - https://www.nuget.org/packages/GoogleMapsApi/
 
-
 **Check out my blog at http://maxondev.com**
 
 # Quickstart
@@ -26,7 +24,8 @@ NEW! Now you can easily show the results on a Static Google Map!
 This Library is well documented and easy to use.
 
 Code sample -
-``` C#
+
+```C#
 using GoogleMapsApi;
 using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Common;
 using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Directions.Request;
@@ -36,23 +35,28 @@ using GoogleMapsApi.Entities.Geocoding.Response;
 using GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps;
 using GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps.Entities;
 
+var googleAPIKey = "google api key";
 //Static class use (Directions) (Can be made from static/instance class)
-DirectionsRequest directionsRequest = new DirectionsRequest()
+var directionsRequest = new DirectionsRequest()
 {
     Origin = "NYC, 5th and 39",
     Destination = "Philladephia, Chesnut and Wallnut",
+    IsSSL = true,
+    ApiKey = googleAPIKey,
 };
 
-DirectionsResponse directions = GoogleMaps.Directions.Query(directionsRequest);
+var directions = await GoogleMaps.Directions.QueryAsync(directionsRequest);
 Console.WriteLine(directions);
 
 //Instance class use (Geocode)  (Can be made from static/instance class)
-GeocodingRequest geocodeRequest = new GeocodingRequest()
+var geocodeRequest = new GeocodingRequest()
 {
-    Address = "new york city",
+    Address = "NYC, 5th and 39",
+    IsSSL = true,
+    ApiKey = googleAPIKey,
 };
 var geocodingEngine = GoogleMaps.Geocode;
-GeocodingResponse geocode = geocodingEngine.Query(geocodeRequest);
+var geocode = await geocodingEngine.QueryAsync(geocodeRequest);
 Console.WriteLine(geocode);
 
 // Static maps API - get static map of with the path of the directions request
@@ -75,6 +79,29 @@ string url = staticMapGenerator.GenerateStaticMapURL(new StaticMapRequest(new Lo
             },
             Locations = path
     }}
+    ,
+    IsSSL = true
+    ,
+    ApiKey = googleAPIKey
 });
 Console.WriteLine("Map with path: " + url);
+
+//use EncodePath
+var overviewEncodePath = directions.Routes.First().OverviewPath.GetRawPointsData();
+string encodePathUrl = staticMapGenerator.GenerateStaticMapURL(new StaticMapRequest(new Location(40.38742, -74.55366), 9, new ImageSize(800, 400))
+{
+    Pathes = new List<GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps.Entities.Path>(){ new GoogleMapsApi.StaticMaps.Entities.Path()
+    {
+            Style = new PathStyle()
+            {
+                    Color = "red"
+            },
+            EncodePolyline = overviewEncodePath
+    }}
+    ,
+    IsSSL = true
+    ,
+    ApiKey = googleAPIKey
+});
+Console.WriteLine("Map with EncodePath: " + encodePathUrl);
 ```