Google Maps

External

• https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/intro?hl=en

Internal

• Google

Distance API

Overview

The Google Maps Distance Matrix API is a service that provides travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations. In the simplest case, a start address and a destination address are sufficient.

Playground Example

https://github.com/NovaOrdis/playground/tree/master/google/maps/distance

Build and execute the example:

mvn package exec:java

Request URL example:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=800+Alma+Street+Menlo+Park+CA+94025&destinations=585+Franklin+St+Mountain+View+CA+94041&units=imperial&key=...

Response example:

{
   "destination_addresses" : [ "585 Franklin St, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA" ],
   "origin_addresses" : [ "800 Alma St, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA" ],
   "rows" : [
      {
         "elements" : [
            {
               "distance" : {
                  "text" : "9.5 mi",
                  "value" : 15270
               },
               "duration" : {
                  "text" : "18 mins",
                  "value" : 1108
               },
               "status" : "OK"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}