Find overseas distance using Driving Distance Widget

  • shipcliq
    Asked on February 3, 2016 at 6:54 AM

    Hi, is it possible to use this widget to calculate the distance between Point A and Point B that is overseas? For example: distance between Las Vegas, USA and Paris, France.

  • Kiran Support Team Lead
    Replied on February 3, 2016 at 10:33 AM

    Since the widget is using Google Maps API, the overseas distance can be calculated as long as the route has road connectivity. For example, please see the image below:

    Find overseas distance using Driving Distance Widget Image 1 Screenshot 20

    Unfortunately, it is not possible to calculate the distance as per your example since there is no road connectivity.

    Hope this information helps! 

  • shipcliq
    Replied on February 15, 2016 at 2:52 AM

    Is there some kind of workaround to make the Google Maps API calculate distance when there is no road connectivity?

    Thank you!

  • jonathan
    Replied on February 15, 2016 at 5:10 AM

    Unforunately there is no such workaround at this time. The Google Maps API used in the distance calculator also uses the road connectivity. So I don't think it will work if you want to calculate the distance over the air or any other means.

    Thanks..