Google is providing Distance Matrix Web Service for finding distances between places. You can find the documentation of that REST service here. In this tutorial I am going to explain how to use that service using java.

Program Flow

  1. Form Get request to Google server
  2. Get Response 
  3. Convert Response to Java Pojo Classes
  4. Use those Pojo classes for your own logic
Find the project at below link and execute GmapDistance.java file.

Get Url

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=Vancouver+BC|Seattle&destinations=San+Francisco|Victoria+BC&mode=bicycling

Parameters

  1. origins — One or more addresses and/or textual latitude/longitude values, separated with the pipe (|) character, from which to calculate distance and time. If you pass an address as a string, the service will geocode the string and convert it to a latitude/longitude coordinate to calculate directions. If you pass coordinates, ensure that no space exists between the latitude and longitude values
  2. destinations — One or more addresses and/or textual latitude/longitude values, separated with the pipe (|) character, to which to calculate distance and time. If you pass an address as a string, the service will geocode the string and convert it to a latitude/longitude coordinate to calculate directions. If you pass coordinates, ensure that no space exists between the latitude and longitude values
  3. key — Your application's API key. This key identifies your application for purposes of quota management
  4. mode — specifies the mode of transport to use when calculating directions (driving (default), walking, bicycling)

Java Code

URL url = new URL("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/json?origins=Vancouver+BC|Seattle&destinations=San+Francisco|Victoria+BC");
HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
String line, outputString = "";
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
     outputString += line;
}
System.out.println(outputString);

27 comments:

  1. Wrong Code Dude

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    1. I have uploaded the working code....Just download the code and run it....If you got any errors then let me know....................be specific about your comments

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  2. I am not able to download sample project when i click on that link it is redirect me to CurrencyConverter.rar
    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwtrZOPVXZZ_QXJHS1ItUjdJTXM/edit

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  3. Updated the link...check now

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  4. Hi Dasari, can you plz check the link? As i guess its not working.

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  5. Hi Dasari, it worked for me, I added some ";" and some println's:

    {; "destination_addresses" : [ "San Francisco, CA, USA", "Victoria, BC, Canada" ],;
    "origin_addresses" : [ "Vancouver, BC, Canada", "Seattle, WA, USA" ],;
    "rows" : [;
    {;
    "elements" : [;
    {;
    "distance" : {;
    "text" : "1,529 km",;
    "value" : 1528699;
    },;
    "duration" : {;
    "text" : "14 hours 57 mins",;
    "value" : 53847;
    },;
    "status" : "OK";
    },;

    {;
    "distance" : {;
    "text" : "115 km",;
    "value" : 114512;
    },;
    "duration" : {;
    "text" : "3 hours 12 mins",;
    "value" : 11506;
    },;
    "status" : "OK";
    };
    ];
    },;
    {;
    "elements" : [;
    {;
    "distance" : {;
    "text" : "1,300 km",;
    "value" : 1299987;
    },;
    "duration" : {;
    "text" : "12 hours 27 mins",;
    "value" : 44807;
    },;
    "status" : "OK";
    },;
    {;
    "distance" : {;
    "text" : "297 km",;
    "value" : 296838;
    },;
    "duration" : {;
    "text" : "4 hours 46 mins",;
    "value" : 17162;
    },;
    "status" : "OK";
    };
    ];
    };
    ],;
    "status" : "OK";
    };

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  6. nice thanks for the code.. help me a lot

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  11. Is it mandatory to have any licence from google to use this api for commercial purpose?

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  12. Hi,
    I am able to find the distance between to cities within the same country, But if am calculating distance between to country, its not working.
    Can any one suggest me to solve the problem.

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  13. Duration is not showing. It is showing null value. Can you please tell me the reason?

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  15. Thank you for the Java code for distance calculation

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  16. Srinivas, how can I get more accurate distance calculation based on street level. currently with this code I am able to find distance using city level. Can you please help me on this.

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  24. I generated key from https://console.developers.google.com site ,
    while using that key i am getting below error, could you please help me in this


    Error:
    { "destination_addresses" : [], "error_message" : "This API project was not found. This API project may have been deleted.", "origin_addresses" : [], "rows" : [], "status" : "REQUEST_DENIED"}
    DistancePojo [status=REQUEST_DENIED, destination_addresses=[], origin_addresses=[], rows=[]]

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