How do I use Google distance API Matrix?

How do I use Google distance API Matrix?

How to Use the Distance Matrix API

1. When you use Google Maps Platform to plot multiple locations, you can see nearby markers visually.
2. Find your API Key in the Google Cloud Console and put it in place of YOUR_API_KEY in the code above.
3. When you save the code and load it in a browser, you’ll see a map like the one above.

How can I get Google Distance Matrix API key?

Creating API keys

1. Go to the Google Maps Platform > Credentials page. Go to the Credentials page.
2. On the Credentials page, click Create credentials > API key. The API key created dialog displays your newly created API key.
3. Click Close. The new API key is listed on the Credentials page under API keys.

How does Google calculate distance API?

Measure distance between points

1. Step 1: Add the first point. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app .
2. Step 2: Add the next point or points. Move the map so that the black circle, or crosshairs, is on the next point you want to add.
3. Step 3: Get the distance.

How to use the distance matrix service in Google Maps?

Use of the Distance Matrix service must be in accordance with the policies described for the Distance Matrix API. Accessing the Distance Matrix service is asynchronous, since the Google Maps API needs to make a call to an external server.

How to create a distance matrix in JavaScript?

Go to the Google Cloud Console . Click the Select a project button, then select the same project you set up for the Maps JavaScript API and click Open. From the list of APIs on the Dashboard, look for Distance Matrix API.

Where can I find the distance matrix API?

To view your list of enabled APIs: Go to the Google Cloud Platform Console . Click the Select a project button, then select the same project you set up for the Maps JavaScript API and click Open. From the list of APIs on the Dashboard, look for Distance Matrix API. If you see the API in the list, you’re all set.

When to use a distance matrix advanced SKU?

A Distance Matrix Advanced SKU is charged for a Distance Matrix API or a Maps JavaScript API’s Distance Matrix Service that uses traffic information. Traffic information is used when all the following apply (these are the conditions required to receive the duration_in_traffic field in the Distance Matrix response):