Hi, The code below gives me the difference. When I use GetDistance I always get the same distance (in travel mode or driving mode). The direction panel gives always the correct distance.
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" /> <title>Calculate driving distance with Google Maps API</title> <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps? file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAASjQqMOXYcfa7Kl9O0rkVFRQfHI_Yo2Awf0uVYXPjyvKn_9RavBSsrfI9M1X- C-0aAuNqTnDG45gIQA" type="text/javascript"></script> <!-- According to the Google Maps API Terms of Service you are required display a Google map when using the Google Maps API. see: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html --> <script type="text/javascript"> function silentErrorHandler() {return true;} window.onerror=silentErrorHandler; var url = window.location.toString(); var geocoder, location1, location2, gDir, startadres, eindadres, showmap, route; var map; var directionsPanel; var directions; //get the parameters from url url.match(/\?(.+)$/); var params = RegExp.$1; // split up the query string and store in an // associative array var params = params.split("&"); var queryStringList = {}; for(var i=0;i<params.length;i++) { var tmp = params[i].split("="); queryStringList[tmp[0]] = unescape(tmp[1]); } // print all querystring in key value pairs startadres = queryStringList["address1"]; eindadres = queryStringList["address2"]; showmap = queryStringList["map"]; route = queryStringList["desc"]; function initialize() { geocoder = new GClientGeocoder(); gDir = new GDirections(); GEvent.addListener(gDir, "load", function() { var drivingDistanceMiles = gDir.getDistance().meters / 1609.344; var drivingDistanceKilometers = gDir.getDistance().meters / 1000; // var route = gDir.getRoute(0); document.getElementById("latitude1").value = location1.lat; document.getElementById("longitude1").value = location1.lon; document.getElementById("latitude2").value = location2.lat; document.getElementById("longitude2").value = location2.lon; document.forms[0].afstand.value = drivingDistanceKilometers; // document.getElementById("longitude2").value = route.getDistance ().meters / 1000; // alert (document.getElementById("route").innerHTML); }); document.getElementById("address1").value = startadres; document.getElementById("address2").value = eindadres; showLocation(); } function showLocation() { geocoder.getLocations(document.forms[0].address1.value, function (response) { if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) { alert("Sorry, " + startadres + " is niet gevonden."); } else { location1 = {lat: response.Placemark[0].Point.coordinates[1], lon: response.Placemark[0].Point.coordinates[0], address: response.Placemark [0].address}; geocoder.getLocations(document.forms[0].address2.value, function (response) { if (!response || response.Status.code != 200) { alert("Sorry, " + eindadres + " is niet gevonden."); } else { location2 = {lat: response.Placemark[0].Point.coordinates[1], lon: response.Placemark[0].Point.coordinates[0], address: response.Placemark[0].address}; gDir.load('from: ' + location1.address + ' to: ' + location2.address); if (showmap == "map") { // Show the map map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas")); map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl()); } else { document.getElementById("map_canvas").innerHTML = ""; map = null; } if (route == "desc") { // Show the route directionsPanel = document.getElementById("route"); directionsPanel.innerHTML = "Route beschrijving:<br>"; } else { document.getElementById("route").innerHTML = ""; directionsPanel = null; } directions = new GDirections(map, directionsPanel); directions.load("from: " + location1.address + " to: " + location2.address, {travelMode:G_TRAVEL_MODE_WALKING}); } }); } }); } </script> </head> <body onload="initialize()"> <form action="#" onsubmit="showLocation(); return false;"> <p><input name="address1" type="text" size="45" value="" /><input name="latitude1" type="text" size="20" value="" /><input name="longitude1" type="text" size="20" value="" /><br> <input name="address2" type="text" size="45" /><input name="latitude2" type="text" size="20" value="" /><input name="longitude2" type="text" size="20" value="" /><br> <input name="afstand" type="text" size="7" value="" /></p></p> <input type="submit" value="Calculatie afstand" /> </form> <div id="map_canvas" style="width: 674px; height: 389px; float:left; border: 1px solid black"></div> <div id="route" style="width: 50%; height:480px; float:left; border; 1px solid black; "></div> <br/> </body> </html> On 8 jan, 21:16, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a newbie in using google-maps and java. I've been able to load a > route and also get the distance route.getDistance. > The strange thing is that, when I GDirectionsload(from - to, > travelmode:G_TRAVEL_MODE_WALKING) and the same with > G_TRAVEL_MODE_DRIVING) I get a different result on my map and > directionpanel, but when I call getDistance I always get the same > distance. > It's even stranger that the distance in the directionpanel is always > different than the distance with getDistance. > Can anyone tell me what the reason is, and how I can get the correct > distance. > > Kind regards > Bart Syryn
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