Google Maps Api Distance Between Two Locations. If you want to conveniently convey details of places directions and routes to the end-user Google Maps is an essential part of your app. But for simplicity and for better understanding we are going to retrieve the distance and time duration between two places only.
The distance calculator module we are going to develop here is basically an API provided by The Google itself. D_goog gmapdistance_matrixp_1 p_2 modedriving prntd_goog. To give you a quick example if you have the starting address in column A and the destination address in column B a formula like GOOGLEMAPS_DISTANCEA1 B1 driving will quickly calculate the distance between the two points.
Here Mudassar Ahmed Khan has explained how to calculate distance between two address points locations based on the coordinates ie.
The API returns information based on the recommended route between start and. To use this API one must need the API key which can be get form here. Using this API we can get the distance and duration to reach the destination from the origin for two or multiple origins and destinations. Create a new project under the file menu in Android Studio.
