excel vba - Google Maps Directions Only -
i working on project want display google map in webbrowser object in on excel sheet. have accomplished using url....
http://maps.google.com/?saddr=29.9390146,-90.0696139&daddr=29.962506,-90.1930133&f=d&output=embed
i display driving directions same link (or different one).
i cannot find info on how google maps return directions via url.
ahia, larryr
you want check out googlemaps api:
these api provides xml response can parse them results displayed. made 1 find time , distance can use example: 1 of earlier attempts no xml used give idea how work responses google.
public function gmap(origin_address string, destination_address string, optional mode integer = 1, optional datatype integer = 1) dim surl string dim oxh object dim bodytxt string dim time_e string dim distanc_e string dim strmode string if mode = 1 strmode = "walking" elseif mode = 2 strmode = "driving" elseif mode = 3 strmode = "bicycling" else gmap = "invalid mode" exit function end if surl = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/distancematrix/xml?origins=;" & _ replace(origin_address, " ", "+") & "&destinations=" & replace(destination_address, " ", "+") & _ "&mode=" & strmode & "&sensor=false&units=metric" set oxh = createobject("msxml2.xmlhttp") oxh .open "get", surl, false .send bodytxt = .responsetext end bodytxt = right(bodytxt, len(bodytxt) - instr(1, bodytxt, "<text>") - 5) tim_e = left(bodytxt, instr(1, bodytxt, "</text>") - 1) bodytxt = right(bodytxt, len(bodytxt) - instr(1, bodytxt, "<text>") - 5) distanc_e = left(bodytxt, instr(1, bodytxt, "</text>") - 1) if datatype = 1 gmap = cdbl(replace(tim_e, "mins", "")) elseif datatype = 2 gmap = cdbl(replace(distanc_e, "km", "")) else gmap = "invalid data" end if set oxh = nothing end function 
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