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Get a route matrix

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A route matrix is a two-dimensional array of route information, where the rows correspond to the origins and the columns correspond to the destinations. Given a list of origins and destinations, the Route Matrix class calculates the distance and duration of a route starting at each origin and ending at each destination. Use the Route Matrix class to calculate the distance and duration of a route for multiple origins and destinations.

See the complete example source code

This example shows how to use the Route Matrix class to calculate the distances and durations for travel between multiple origins and destinations.

TypeScript

// Initialize and add the map.
let map;
let markers: google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement[] = [];
let center = { lat: 51.55, lng: -1.8 };

async function initMap(): Promise<void> {
  //  Request the needed libraries.
  //@ts-ignore
  const [{Map}, {Place}, {AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement}, {RouteMatrix}] = await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary('maps') as Promise<google.maps.MapsLibrary>,
    google.maps.importLibrary('places') as Promise<google.maps.PlacesLibrary>,
    google.maps.importLibrary('marker') as Promise<google.maps.MarkerLibrary>,
    google.maps.importLibrary('routes') as Promise<google.maps.RoutesLibrary>
  ]);

  const bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();

  map = new Map(document.getElementById('map') as HTMLElement, {
    zoom: 8,
    center: center,
    mapId: 'DEMO_MAP_ID',
  });

  // Build the request using Place instances.
  const origin1 = new Place({
    id: "ChIJ83WZp86p2EcRbMrkYqGncBQ", // Greenwich, London, UK
  });
  const origin2 = new Place({
    id: "ChIJCSkVvleJc0gR8HHaTGpajKc", // Southampton, UK
  });
  const destinationA = new Place({
    id: "ChIJYdizgWaDcUgRH9eaSy6y5I4", // Bristol, UK
  });
  const destinationB = new Place({
    id: "ChIJ9VPsNNQCbkgRDmeGZdsGNBQ", // Cardiff, UK
  });

  await Promise.all([
    origin1.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName']}),
    origin2.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName']}),
    destinationA.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName']}),
    destinationB.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName']}),
  ]);

  const request = {
    origins: [origin1, origin2], 
    destinations: [destinationA, destinationB],
    travelMode: 'DRIVING',
    units: google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC,
    fields: ['distanceMeters', 'durationMillis', 'condition'],
  };

  // Show the request.
  (document.getElementById("request") as HTMLDivElement).innerText =
    JSON.stringify(request, null, 2);

  // Get the RouteMatrix response.
  const response = await RouteMatrix.computeRouteMatrix(request); 

  // Show the response.
  (document.getElementById("response") as HTMLDivElement).innerText =
    JSON.stringify(response, null, 2);

  // Add markers for the origins.
  for (const origin of request.origins) {
    if (origin.location) {
      const pin = new PinElement({
        glyph: "O",
        glyphColor: "white",
        background: "#137333",
        borderColor: "white",
      });
      const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map,
        position: origin.location,
        content: pin.element,
        title: `Origin: ${origin.displayName}`,
      });
      markers.push(marker);
      bounds.extend(origin.location);
    }
  }

  // Add markers for the destinations.
  for (let i = 0; i < request.destinations.length; i++) {
    const destination = request.destinations[i];
    if (destination.location) {
      const pin = new PinElement({
        glyph: "D",
        glyphColor: "white",
        background: "#C5221F",
        borderColor: "white",
      });

      const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map,
        position: destination.location,
        content: pin.element,
        title: `Destination: ${destination.displayName}`,
      });

      markers.push(marker);
      bounds.extend(destination.location);
    }
  }

  // Fit the map to the bounds of all markers.
  map.fitBounds(bounds);
}

initMap();index.ts

JavaScript

// Initialize and add the map.
let map;
let markers = [];
let center = { lat: 51.55, lng: -1.8 };
async function initMap() {
    //  Request the needed libraries.
    //@ts-ignore
    const [{ Map }, { Place }, { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement }, { RouteMatrix }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('places'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('routes')
    ]);
    const bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
    map = new Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
        zoom: 8,
        center: center,
        mapId: 'DEMO_MAP_ID',
    });
    // Build the request using Place instances.
    const origin1 = new Place({
        id: "ChIJ83WZp86p2EcRbMrkYqGncBQ", // Greenwich, London, UK
    });
    const origin2 = new Place({
        id: "ChIJCSkVvleJc0gR8HHaTGpajKc", // Southampton, UK
    });
    const destinationA = new Place({
        id: "ChIJYdizgWaDcUgRH9eaSy6y5I4", // Bristol, UK
    });
    const destinationB = new Place({
        id: "ChIJ9VPsNNQCbkgRDmeGZdsGNBQ", // Cardiff, UK
    });
    await Promise.all([
        origin1.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName'] }),
        origin2.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName'] }),
        destinationA.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName'] }),
        destinationB.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName'] }),
    ]);
    const request = {
        origins: [origin1, origin2],
        destinations: [destinationA, destinationB],
        travelMode: 'DRIVING',
        units: google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC,
        fields: ['distanceMeters', 'durationMillis', 'condition'],
    };
    // Show the request.
    document.getElementById("request").innerText =
        JSON.stringify(request, null, 2);
    // Get the RouteMatrix response.
    const response = await RouteMatrix.computeRouteMatrix(request);
    // Show the response.
    document.getElementById("response").innerText =
        JSON.stringify(response, null, 2);
    // Add markers for the origins.
    for (const origin of request.origins) {
        if (origin.location) {
            const pin = new PinElement({
                glyph: "O",
                glyphColor: "white",
                background: "#137333",
                borderColor: "white",
            });
            const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
                map,
                position: origin.location,
                content: pin.element,
                title: `Origin: ${origin.displayName}`,
            });
            markers.push(marker);
            bounds.extend(origin.location);
        }
    }
    // Add markers for the destinations.
    for (let i = 0; i < request.destinations.length; i++) {
        const destination = request.destinations[i];
        if (destination.location) {
            const pin = new PinElement({
                glyph: "D",
                glyphColor: "white",
                background: "#C5221F",
                borderColor: "white",
            });
            const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
                map,
                position: destination.location,
                content: pin.element,
                title: `Destination: ${destination.displayName}`,
            });
            markers.push(marker);
            bounds.extend(destination.location);
        }
    }
    // Fit the map to the bounds of all markers.
    map.fitBounds(bounds);
}
initMap();index.js

CSS

/*
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map.
 */
/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#container {
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
}

#sidebar {
  flex-basis: 15rem;
  flex-grow: 1;
  padding: 1rem;
  max-width: 30rem;
  height: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  overflow: auto;
}

#map {
  flex-basis: 0;
  flex-grow: 4;
  height: 100%;
}

#sidebar {
  flex-direction: column;
}style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Route matrix</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="container">
      <div id="map"></div>
      <div id="sidebar">
        <h3 style="flex-grow: 0">Request</h3>
        <pre style="flex-grow: 1" id="request"></pre>
        <h3 style="flex-grow: 0">Response</h3>
        <pre style="flex-grow: 1" id="response"></pre>
      </div>
    </div>
    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})
        ({key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "beta"});</script>
  </body>
</html>index.html

Try Sample

JSFiddle.net

Request limits

The computeRouteMatrix method enforces the following request limits for waypoints using address or Place instances, and for items. Items are the routes between each origin and destination in a route matrix, so the number of items is the number of origins times the number of destinations. For example, if you have 10 origins and 10 destinations, you have 100 items:

The number of items cannot exceed 625 for routes that are not TRANSIT routes.
If you specify a TRANSIT route, the number of items cannot exceed 100.
If you specify TRAFFIC_AWARE_OPTIMAL, the number of items cannot exceed 100.
If you specify origins or destinations using addresses or Place instances, you specify up to 50 total this way.

For additional details, see Get a transit route.

Example route matrix request

The following example shows a ComputeRouteMatrixRequest. This example does the following:

Shows specifying an array of two origin and two destination waypoints. The method calculates a route from each origin to each destination so the response contains four routes.
In the array, the first element is at an index of 0, the second is index 1, and so forth.
Specifies the fields to return. In this example, the request is configured to return durationMillis, distanceMeters, and condition for each route.

TypeScript

const request = {
  origins: [origin1, origin2], 
  destinations: [destinationA, destinationB],
  travelMode: 'DRIVING',
  units: google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC,
  fields: ['distanceMeters', 'durationMillis', 'condition'],
};index.ts

JavaScript

const request = {
    origins: [origin1, origin2],
    destinations: [destinationA, destinationB],
    travelMode: 'DRIVING',
    units: google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC,
    fields: ['distanceMeters', 'durationMillis', 'condition'],
};index.js

The response contains the four possible routes for the combination of all origin and destination waypoints, as shown in the following example:

"matrix": {
  "rows": [
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "condition": "ROUTE_EXISTS",
          "distanceMeters": 202587,
          "durationMillis": 10040000
        },
        {
          "condition": "ROUTE_EXISTS",
          "distanceMeters": 252734,
          "durationMillis": 12240000
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "items": [
        {
          "condition": "ROUTE_EXISTS",
          "distanceMeters": 166135,
          "durationMillis": 6596000
        },
        {
          "condition": "ROUTE_EXISTS",
          "distanceMeters": 216282,
          "durationMillis": 8797000
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Identify each route in the result by using the origin and destination index to find the corresponding RouteMatrixItem in the 2D array. For example, the RouteMatrixItem describing the route calculated from the origin at index 1 and destination 0 in the request would be in the 2nd element of the RouteMatrix.rows array and the 1st element of the RouteMatrixRow.items array.

The following code snippet shows how to identify the RouteMatrixItem to find the route for a specific origin and destination:

// Find the route for origin 'x' and destination 'y'.
const {matrix} = await RouteMatrix.computeRouteMatrix(request);
const myRouteMatrixItem = matrix.rows[x].items[y];

Choose fields to return

When you request a route matrix, you must use a field mask to specify what information the response should return.

Using a field mask also ensures that you don't request unnecessary data, which in turn helps with response latency and avoids returning information your system doesn't need.

Specify the list of fields you need by setting the ComputeRoutesMatrixRequest.fields property, as shown in the following snippet:

fields: ['durationMillis', 'distanceMeters', 'condition'],

Determine what field masks to use

Here's how you can determine which fields you want to use, and construct the field masks for them:

Request all fields using a field mask of ['*'].
Caution: While you can use this wildcard field mask while in development to determine what fields you need, don't use it in production. Requesting all fields in production results in higher costs and longer response times. Your cost may also increase unexpectedly as more advanced features are added, since this field mask will automatically include them. Instead, request only the fields you need to minimize your costs and request response time.
Look at the hierarchy of the fields in the RouteMatrixItem class for the fields you want.
Construct your field masks using the hierarchy of the fields shown in the previous step, using this format:
```
topLevelField[.secondLevelField][.thirdLevelField][...]
```

For example, for this RouteMatrixItem:

  "travelAdvisory": {
    "fuelConsumptionMicroliters": 0,
    "tollInfo": {
      "estimatedPrices": [
        {
          "currencyCode": "USD",
          "units": 4,
          "nanos": 400000000
        }
      ]
    }
  },

If you want to return only the tollInfo field for the RouteMatrixItem, your field mask is as follows:

fields: ['travelAdvisory.tollInfo']

If you instead want to request the estimated fuel consumption, your field mask is as follows:

fields: ['travelAdvisory.fuelConsumptionMicroliters']

If you want to request both, your field mask is as follows:

fields: ['travelAdvisory.fuelConsumptionMicroliters', 'travelAdvisory.tollInfo']

And if you want to request the complete set of travel advisories, your field mask is as follows:

fields: ['travelAdvisory']

The property hierarchy is only available for RouteMatrix.computeRouteMatrix, and is not supported for Route.computeRoutes.

Request a transit route matrix

Get a transit route matrix that uses the public transportation options available in the region. Transit options may include buses, subways, and trains, among others. To request a transit route matrix:

Set the travelMode to TRANSIT
Request the travelAdvisory field.

Learn more about transit routes.

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See the complete example source code

TypeScript

JavaScript

CSS

HTML

Try Sample

Request limits

Example route matrix request

TypeScript

JavaScript

Choose fields to return

Determine what field masks to use

Request a transit route matrix

Get a route matrix