Google Maps and Windows App

[aTekTipsUser]

How can I use the Google maps to return the mileage between two points? I am actually going to compare multiple addresses to find the closest address to a point and would like to store this information in a database. This is not a web page, but a windows application. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

[jmeckley]

make a webrequest to the GoogleMaps API. depending on how the information is returned calcualte the distance.

Assuming you request directions and the returning xml/json has parts like a collection of step (road, distance, direction)
iterate over the steps and add the distances.

Jason Meckley
Programmer
Specialty Bakers, Inc.