Yes Mike, I agree. Actually I wasn't planning on taking up Google bandwidth with mapping solutions I was wondering what program code might look like if I submitted latitude/longitude values to Google via getDistance() and getDuration() methods. Just how do these methods work ie, can I pass as arguments directly into each of these methods OR must I do any preliminary operations first?
In some delivery scenarios (especially for inept order takers) just knowing that a delivery is 25 minutes away (using the best route) is enough for them to pass on the order (considering the cost of petrol and all). Thanks! -- K -- On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Mike Williams <[email protected]>wrote: > > Google Maps API is not a good tool for optimizing delivery routes, > particularly ones with multiple stops to be visited in an optimal order. > If you've got more than five or six stops to consider, it's likely to be > rather slow. I suggest looking elsewhere for a more appropriate tool. > > If you must use Google Maps API, then consider doing the bulk of the > calculations with straight line distances, producing a small number of > candidate routes, and then checking the durations of those candidate > routes with GDirections, using .loadFromWaypoints(). > > -- > Mike Williams > http://econym.org.uk/gmap > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
