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Sign into your accountPredicting Future Travel Times with the Google Maps APIs
November 16 2015
Google announced a new feature in the Google Maps API, the ability for developers to compute travel distance and time between a number of points. This is an interesting feature which can be directly applied to the real estate industry. Their launch partner is Redfin (note: Redfin is a current client of Onboard).
"Taking the guesswork out of knowing how long it will take to drive between homes will help us provide a better customer experience to our users" – Curtis Howell, Product Manager Customer Engagement, Redfin
The Good:
- Duration and Distance – Estimate travel time and distance based on a recommended route.
- Travel Modes – You can specify the mode of transport to use when calculating distance and travel time.
- Driving – Indicates distance calculation using the road network.
- Walking – Requests distance calculation for walking via pedestrian paths and sidewalks (where available).
- Bicycling – Requests distance calculation for bicycling via bicycle paths and preferred streets (where available).
- Transit – Requests distance calculation via public transit routes (where available). One or more transit modes can be specified: Bus, Subway, Train, Tram and/or Rail.
- Traffic – Request using Best guess, Optimistic or Pessimistic calculations based both historical traffic conditions and live traffic. Optionally you can specify either a departure_time or an arrival_time.