How do I use Google Maps API distance?

Getting started

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console.
2. Click the Select a project button, then select the same project you set up for the Maps JavaScript API and click Open.
3. From the list of APIs on the Dashboard, look for Distance Matrix API.
4. If you see the API in the list, you’re all set. If the API is not listed, enable it:

How do I Measure the distance between two locations on Google Maps API?

Calculate Distance Between Address

1. Specify your Google Maps API key.
2. Change the format of the addresses.
3. Initiate the Geocoding API request and specify the output format and address to fetch the geographic data.
4. Retrieve the latitude and longitude from the geodata.
5. Calculate the distance between latitude and longitude.

How do I calculate distance on Google Maps?

Measure distance between points

1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
2. Right-click on your starting point.
3. Select Measure distance.
4. To create a path to measure, click anywhere on the map. To add another point, click anywhere on the map.
5. When finished, on the card at the bottom, click Close .

Is Google Distance Matrix API free?

Users of the free API: 100 elements per query. 100 elements per 10 seconds. 2,500 elements per 24 hour period.

How do you find the distance between two points on a map?

Go to maps.google.com.

1. Right-click the starting point and select “Measure distance.”
2. Click the end point (or second point) to create a direct line from the original point and get the distance between the two.
3. If you want to measure the distance between multiple points, simply click the next point on the map.

How do you find the distance between two coordinates?

How to find the distance between two points?

1. Get the coordinates of both points in space.
2. Subtract the x-coordinates of one point from the other, same for the y components.
3. Square both results separately.
4. Sum the values you got in the previous step.
5. Find the square root of the result above.

Can you Measure area on Google Maps?

To measure a building on Google Maps, right-click on the map at your starting point and choose the Measure distance option. Add points around the location’s boundary. Once you close the shape by clicking on the starting point, the Google Maps area calculator will automatically process the area of your shape.

Does Google Maps Measure distance accurately?

Google has all that is required to calculate a distance to 100% accuracy. You have a Map to a scale that is 100% accuracy,presumably. You have a user defined route with waymarks and more than enough computing power to calculate the distances between the waymarks to 100% accuracy based on the scale you have.

How much does Google distance matrix API cost?

SKU: Distance Matrix Advanced

How can I get Google distance matrix API key?

Go to the Google Maps Platform > Credentials page. On the Credentials page, click Create credentials > API key. The API key created dialog displays your newly created API key. Click Close.