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How to measure distance in Google Maps on any device to help you create a personal route

• You can measure distance on Google Maps to give you the approximate mileage between any two points (or more) that you place on the map. 
• When using Google Maps on a computer, right-click a spot on the map and choose Measure distance, then just click to add more points to measure the distance. 
• On a mobile device, you can drop a pin by tapping the screen and use the pop-up window for the pin to measure distances. 

You may know Google Maps as the ubiquitous turn-by-turn navigation software on your phone, but it's surprising how much else you can do with the mapping software.

One handy feature is the ability to measure the real-world distance between any number of selected points. This way, you can quickly find the straight-line distance between two cities, or the approximate distance along an irregular path by placing multiple points like breadcrumbs.

How to measure distance in Google Maps on a computer

1. Open Google Maps in a web browser.

2. Right-click anywhere on the map that you want to set as a starting point. In the dropdown menu, choose Measure distance .

3. Click a second location on the map to find the distance to that point. At the bottom of the page, you'll see a pop-up window display the total distance so far. 

4. If you want to measure a more complicated path, you can continue laying down additional points by clicking. After each new point, you will see the distance at the bottom of the page update. 

5. When you're done, click the X to close the pop-up window at the bottom of the page.

How to measure distance in Google Maps on an iPhone or Android

1. Start the Google Maps app on your mobile device.

2. Tap and hold a position on the map where you'd like to start measuring. A red pin will drop. 

3. Tap the pop-up at the bottom of the screen for the dropped pin. 

4. Tap Measure distance .

5. When the pop-up disappears, move the map until the target is positioned over the new location where you want to measure. (Note that you're moving the map, not the point.) Then, at the bottom of the screen, tap Add point . You should see the distance in the lower left of the screen.

6. If you want to measure a longer or more complex path, you can continue adding points. To do that, move the map again and you'll see that a new line segment appears with a new target. When it's where you like, tap Add point again. After each new point, you should see the distance update. 

7. When you're done, tap the Back arrow at the top left of the screen. 

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We all know how to use Google Maps to take us from A to B, but do you know how to measure distance with Google Maps ? This hidden feature is a super handy tool for finding out the general distance between any two spots on earth, and you can even measure the distance you'd travel along a path with several stops along the way.

To get started you first need to download the mobile app for Google Maps, or open up the desktop version on your PC.

Steps for how to measure distance on Google Maps

• Open Google Maps on a PC or smartphone
• Choose a starting location and place a pin
• Click on the pin and choose 'Measure distance'
• Place a path of points to measure the distance between various locations 
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1. Open up the Google Maps web page

If you’re on a PC, you’ll first need to open up the Google Maps web page and use the search bar to look for your starting location. You can start from literally any point on the map you want.

Once you’ve found the right place, right-click on it on the map and a drop-down menu should appear. At the bottom of this menu, you’ll see an option for Measure distance; select it

2. Find the point you to measure to

Once you've selected Measure distance , you'll then need to move the cursor until you find a second point you want to measure the distance to from your first marker.

After you've placed the second marker a small box should appear at the bottom of your screen that tells you the distance between the points. In our case, it tells us there’s 3.71km, or 2.31 miles, between our London office and the British Museum if you travel between them in a straight line. 

3. Want to choose a different point to measure to?

If you want to readjust the points you’re measuring, c lick and hold the white dot on either end of the line and drag it to a new location . Alternatively, you can click on another point and create a path that travels between multiple locations. Here we’ve measured the distance between our London, New York, and Sydney offices. 

1. Open the Google Maps app and find your start point

On an iPhone or   Android smartphone , open the Google Maps app (or download it from the App Store or Play Store if you don’t have it installed). Touch and hold on any point that isn’t a place name or location icon and a red pin will appear named 'Dropped pin'. Tap on it and a menu should appear with Measure distance near the top. Select this option.

2. Find your second point to measure to

After selecting Measure distance an icon and a dotted blue line will appear. By dragging the map around you can place this icon at a second location to find out the distance between the two points on your map. Much like on a PC you can add more points on your journey to create a path that measures the distance between multiple locations. 

To remove an erroneously placed point tap the Undo button . Pressing the three vertical dots to bring up the More menu and choosing Clear will get rid of all the points you've placed .

Unless you can phase through walls or take to the skies like Kitty Pryde and Angel from the X-Men , then measuring the direct distance between locations likely won’t tell you how far you’ll actually have to travel.

Case in point, traveling between our London office and the Britsh Museum would actually be a 2.7-mile (4.35km) journey on foot according to Google, rather than the 2.3 miles it gave us for the direct distance between them.

If you’re planning to walk or drive between the locations then the Google Maps directions tool on PC and smartphones is a much better choice for seeing how far you’ll have to travel. Much like the regular distance tool you can easily add locations to travel between and can add several destinations to create a route with multiple stops.

Want to find out about other cool Google Maps tricks? We have a guide that’ll teach you about 10 things you didn't know Google Maps could do , or check out our guide for how to download Google Maps. 

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To make these points, we’ll plot some distances on a map with some handy JavaScript. And because to calculate any sort of distance requires point A and point B, we’ll start by adding two markers to a basic Google Map:

Here we can see Central Park, as well as two nearby landmarks. The Dakota, perhaps most famous as John Lennon’s home. And The Frick Collection, an art gallery.

Suppose these were both on a New York City tour. You might be interested to know how far it is from one to the other. We’ll answer that question with some 200 year-old number crunching.

**Calculate the straight line distance from latitude and longitude**The simplest method of calculating distance relies on some advanced-looking math. Known as the Haversine formula, it uses spherical trigonometry to determine the great circle distance between two points. Wikipedia has more on the formulation of this popular straight line distance approximation.

To visualize the calculation, we can draw a Polyline between the two markers. Add the following lines after the markers in the JavaScript:

Reload the map and you should see a dark, diagonal line connecting the two markers, from one side of Central Park to the other. Using the JavaScript equivalent of the Haversine formula, we can determine the length of the Polyline, the straight distance between our two markers.

Add this function to your JavaScript, before the initMap function:

The function accepts two marker objects and returns the distance between them in miles. To use kilometers, set R = 6371.0710 . Before applying the Haversine formula, the function converts each marker’s latitude and longitude points into radians.

To call the function and report the distance below the map, add this code below your Polyline in the initMap function:

Load the map and you’ll see the following:

Now we know the straight line distance between The Dakota and The Frick Collection is 0.60 miles (rounded to two decimal places using the JavaScript toFixed function).

Of course, unless you’re a pigeon, your jaunt between the two locations is likely to be longer. A quick glance at the map shows there is no road or even pathway straight across Central Park. The Haversine formula is useful for basic proximity, but is insufficient for many use cases, especially within cities. For a more accurate travel distance, we’ll need to use another feature of the Maps JavaScript API.

**Get Directions with the Maps JavaScript API**When the straight line distance is not adequate, you’ll need more than a formula to determine the travel distance. Driving directions are one of the most popular features in Google Maps, so it’s unsurprising that it’s also made available via an API. You can use the Directions API for server-side requests, or the Directions Service in the Maps JavaScript API for client-side requests on the web.

Since our JavaScript map is already set, we’ll continue by using the Directions Service. Paste the following at the end of your initMap function:

After a successful call to the directions service, you’ll have the route added to the map. The message below the map is also extended to include the distance.

With a quick visual inspection, it’s clear that driving directions are much farther than the straight line distance. We can dig into the data that comes back in the response to find driving distance (1.6 miles, two and a half times farther), as well as the estimated duration. Here’s a JSON representation of the relevant section from the response:

While our example used driving directions, you can also pass other values to the travelMode field in your route object. The directions service can also accept  BICYCLING , TRANSIT , and WALKING values. Try adjusting the mode and running the code again to see how the directions result changes.

Which distance should I use? The two distance types in this post are useful in different scenarios. To give your users the best experience, you should use each in the appropriate situation.

You can use straight line distance to make quick calculations without a call to an external service. You’ll need to include the Haversine function used in this tutorial, but all you need are map coordinates to get an accurate result within the browser. However, as the name suggests, the distance will be a simple straight line. Roads, obstructions, and traffic are not factored into straight line distance.

Route distance, on the other hand, will return the distance along a route, including necessary turns and an understanding of the area’s traffic patterns. Due to the complexity of these calculations, route distance requires a call to the Directions Service, which will also return the duration of the route and even the path to plot visually on a map.

Whether you’re measuring distances around the globe or across town, use one of these approaches to help your users better understand their surroundings and make decisions. To explore even more tools for helping users get from here to there, check out the Google Maps Platform Routes APIs . And for more information on Google Maps Platform, visit our website .

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Why use the distance matrix api.

You can use the Distance Matrix API to help determine the most efficient travel routes between multiple possible origins and destinations. For example, which workers to send to job sites, or from which warehouses to send packages.

What can you do with the Distance Matrix API

With the Distance Matrix API, you can provide travel distance and time for a matrix of origins and destinations. You can specify several options, including mode of transportation, such as driving, biking, transit or walking, as well as transit modes, such as bus, subway, train, tram, or rail.

The Distance Matrix API provides information based on the recommended route between start and end points. You can request these kinds of distance data:

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How the Distance Matrix API works

The Distance Matrix API uses any number of origins (starting points) and destinations, and returns the distance and travel time between each origin and all requested destinations, starting with the first origin in the request and proceeding step-wise to the next.

For example, if your request specifies A and B as origins, and C and D as destinations, it returns distances and travel time in this order:

The following example shows a request for two origins: Washington, DC and Boston, with a single destination, New York City, NY, in JSON format:

The following table summarizes the resources available through the Distance Matrix API along with the data it returns.

How to use the Distance Matrix API

Available client libraries.

Call this API in the language of your choice through one of the following client libraries:

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The Java Client, Python Client, Go Client and Node.js Client for Google Maps Services are community-supported client libraries, open sourced under the Apache 2.0 License . Download them from GitHub, where you can also find installation instructions and sample code.

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Use Google Maps formulas inside Google Sheets to calculate distances, travel time, get driving directions, look up postal codes with reverse geocoding and more!

You can bring the power of Google Maps to your Google Sheets using simple formulas with no coding. You don’t need to sign-up for the Google Maps API and all results from Google Maps are cached in the sheet so you are unlikely to hit any quota limits.

To give you a quick example, if you have the starting address in column A and the destination address in column B, a formula like =GOOGLEMAPS_DISTANCE(A1, B1, "driving") will quickly calculate the distance between the two points.

Or modify the formula slightly =GOOGLEMAPS_TIME(A1, B1, "walking") to know how long it will take for a person to walk from one point to another.

If you would like to try the Google Maps formulas without getting into the technical details, just make a copy of this Google Sheet and you are all set.

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This tutorial explains how you can easily write custom Google Maps functions inside Google Sheets that will help you:

• Calculate distances between two cities or any addresses.
• Calculate the travel time (walking, driving or biking) between two points.
• Get the latitude and longitude co-ordinates of any address on Google Maps.
• Use reverse geocoding to find the postal address from GPS co-ordinates.
• Print driving directions between any points on earth.
• Get the address from the zip code itself.

1. Calculate Distances in Google Sheets

Specify the origin, the destination, the travel mode (walking or driving) and the function will return the distance between the two points in miles.

=GOOGLEMAPS_DISTANCE("NY 10005", "Hoboken NJ", "walking")

2. Reverse Geocoding in Google Sheets

Specify the latitude and longitude and get the full address of the point through reverse geocoding of coordinates.

3. Get the GPS coordinates of an address

Get the latitude and longitude of any address on Google Maps.

=GOOGLEMAPS_LATLONG("10 Hanover Square, NY")

4. Print the driving directions between addresses

Specify the origin address, the destination address, the travel mode and the function will use the Google Maps API to print step-by-step driving directions.

=GOOGLEMAPS_DIRECTIONS("NY 10005", "Hoboken NJ", "walking")

5. Measure the trip time with Google Maps

Specify the origin address, the destination address, the travel mode and the function will measure your approximate trip time between the specified addresses, provided a route exists.

=GOOGLEMAPS_DURATION("NY 10005", "Hoboken NJ", "walking")

Tip: Improve Formula Performance by Caching

The Google Sheets functions internally use the Google Maps API to calculate routes, distances and travel time. Google offers a limited quota for Maps operations and if your sheet performs too many queries in a short duration, you are likely to see errors like ""Service invoked too many times for one day” or something similar.

To get around the quota issue, it is recommended that you use Apps Script’s built-in cache to store results and, if the results of a function already exist in the case, you’ll make one less request to Google Maps.

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Google is fully in its Gemini era. That’s what executives repeated as they showcased how AI pulls information from across its products to create detailed trip plans and more.

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Google is diving head first into AI-powered trip planning. 

Gemini Advanced , the paid version of the  Gemini  generative AI chatbot, will soon be able to build travel itineraries with a simple prompt in easy-to-understand language.

It’s also strengthening trip-planning options for AI Overviews, the AI feature it released this year for a traditional Google search. AI Overviews has been available only to U.S. users that opt in, but it’s being released to all U.S. users this week and more countries soon.

The search giant revealed the plans on Tuesday at its annual developer conference, Google I/O. Or, as Google CEO Sundar Pichai called it: “Google’s version of The Eras Tour with fewer costume changes.”

To try early versions of these new tools, opt in to AI experiments with Google Search Labs .

Skift will perform its own tests of the updated tools as soon as they are available.

Itinerary Building in Gemini Advanced

Sissie Hsiao, vice president of Google and general manager for Gemini experiences, used a travel example to illustrate how the chatbot is taking a step closer toward the goal of being a “true AI assistant.” 

The example started with a prompt: “My family and I are going to Miami for Labor Day. My son loves art and my husband really wants fresh seafood. Can you pull my flight and hotel information from Gmail and help me plan the weekend?”

In the background, the AI creates potential travel options from multiple sources of information. “The result is a personalized vacation plan,” Hsiao said. 

Looking at the flight itinerary, the AI knows it needs to create a plan within the length of the trip and allow time before and after each flight. 

The flight in the example lands at 4:28 p.m., so the AI doesn’t recommend a big activity but rather three fresh seafood restaurants for 7:30 p.m. It estimates a 20-minute drive from the airport, an hour to drop off bags and freshen up, and 15 minutes to walk to dinner. 

The next day is full of proposed activities. Make an adjustment, such as changing the start time, and the AI automatically repopulates its plan. 

The trip-planning capability is coming to Gemini Advanced this summer.

Google released Gemini Advanced in February with its most up-to-date AI model at the time. The platform is now getting an upgrade with Google’s latest AI model, Gemini 1.5 Pro, available in 35 languages.

Travel Recommendations in Google Search

Google showed how users can get upgraded tourism recommendations through the traditional search bar.

The upgraded tech is better at answering multi-faceted questions, said Liz Reid, vice president of Search, during the conference. 

A prompt that Google used as an example: “What are good options for a day out in Dallas with the kids? Recommend some ice cream shops near each option.”

The first option was the Dallas Zoo, and it listed three ice cream shops nearby. 

The other options were Dallas Arboretum and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, along with three ice cream shop options for each. There was also a map below the results that showed each of their locations.  

“Research that might have taken you minutes or even hours, Google can now do on your behalf in just seconds,” Reid said. 

Reid demonstrated the capability during the conference with an example of searching for a yoga studio in Boston . 

There was a video later with a quick clip showing the above example. 

Travel Inspiration in Google Search

Google is also upgrading Search to respond with fuller recommendations during the brainstorming stage, when the prompts are typically less specific. The response includes groups of suggestions organized by the AI.

“What you get here breaks AI out of the box, and it brings it to the whole page,” Reid said.

The example prompt: “Anniversary celebration dinner places Dallas.”

The AI responded with several groups of restaurants based on themes it created: Anniversary-worthy restaurants, restaurants with live music and intimate settings, and historic charm and elegance.

The model also uses contextual factors, like time of the year, Reid said. Since it’s warm now in Dallas, it included a group of options for “romantic” rooftop dining dates.

These AI-organized results pages for brainstorming searches are coming soon for dining and recipes, then expanding to later to include hotels and more.

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