Using google maps API for driving directions
This is a bit different than my usual blog postings but I think it will help a lot of people. I recently have found a need to generate a Google Map with driving directions based on some customer input. After a few hours looking over some javascript API's I found a very simple solution on Google.com itself. There are a few different versions of the API and this solution uses version 2.0. I believe the current version is 3.0. I have no clue when if ever they will deprecate the API but it could happen. They also state if you call this service more than 2,500 times a day you will get banned so don't abuse the service. My use is light at best maybe once or twice a day. I have found it to be fairly fast and light weight. UPDATE!! Looks like Google wants you to have a key to use the maps. You will need to signup for a key here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html It takes a few seconds and you will need to add the key to the que...