On Oct 4, 7:54 am, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am looking at making a store locator using Google Maps API. We need > it to calculate the nearest by driving distance from the start point > to the nearest depot rather than in a straight line. This is because > it is how our old system works and we would like to keep the results > consistant. > > The only way I can see for doing this is to first find the nearest 5 > in a straight line, then calculate the driving distance to these 5 and > then display the nearest three depots. This is a really conveluted way > of getting the nearest by driving distance.
But it is how you need to do it. Getting directions is a server intensive operation, those servers are shared with every one. > Is there a way of getting > the API to return the nearest three by driving distance as the default > distance rather than so many calculations? Not at present (at least that I know of). Feel free to request an enhancement (if there isn't already one): http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/list?can=2&q=apitype%3AJavascript3+type%3AEnhancement I wouldn't wait for it. -- Larry > > Thanks, > > Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
