I have lat/lon for 2 places. How to get directions from google maps api?
I want to show map and directions text.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name=viewport content=initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no/>
<meta http-equiv=content-type content=text/html; charset=UTF-8/>
<link href=http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/default.css rel=stylesheet type=text/css />
<script type=text/javascript src=http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false></script>
<script type=text/javascript>
var directionDisplay;
var directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();
var map;
function initialize() {
directionsDisplay = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();
var myOptions = {
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
}
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(map_canvas), myOptions);
directionsDisplay.setMap(map);
var start = '37.7683909618184, -122.51089453697205';
var end = '41.850033, -87.6500523';
var request = {
origin:start,
destination:end,
travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING
};
directionsService.route(request, function(response, status) {
if (status == google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) {
directionsDisplay.setDirections(response);
var myRoute = response.routes[0];
var txtDir = '';
for (var i=0; i<myRoute.legs[0].steps.length; i++) {
txtDir += myRoute.legs[0].steps[i].instructions+<br />;
}
document.getElementById('directions').innerHTML = txtDir;
}
});
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload=initialize()>
<div id=directions style=width:500px;height:500px;float:left></div>
<div id=map_canvas style=width:500px;height:500px;></div>
</body>
</html>
