Method to calculate distance between two points

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Calculate distance between two points in google maps V3

Which one is best method to calculate the distance between two points using Google Map V3 API?

Using Google's Distance Matrix
computeDistanceBetween() method which is defined in google.maps.geometry.spherical namespace.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13542052/google-maps-api-get-two-locations-distance-and-plot-on-map — Rachel Gallen, Jan 31 '13 at 12:15
These two methods generally show different Kilometers results.In this case, how i choose which one is best? — Tarun Gupta, Jan 31 '13 at 12:31
What distance do you require? 1.is Direct line or 2.is Travelling distance. — david strachan, Jan 31 '13 at 12:34
choose 2 locations that you know the distance beween and then choose the one that matches best. — Rachel Gallen, Jan 31 '13 at 12:35
@ David,Actually i want to calculate the traveling distance. — Tarun Gupta, Jan 31 '13 at 12:48
`google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeDistanceBetween` computes the air distance while `google.maps.DistanceMatrixService` computes the road distance. So there's no best, it depends on what distance you want to compute. — user2314737, Sep 17 '15 at 13:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 31 '13 at 13:53

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(#2) computeDistanceBetween() returns the straight line distance, to get the driving distance, use either (#1) the Distance Matrix or (#3) the Google Maps API v3 Directions Service, see the documentation for examples

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