How to get total driving distance with Google Maps API V3?

Question

I used to be able to get it like this:

directionsService.route(directionsRequest, function(directionsResult, directionsStatus) {
    var directionsRenderer =         


        

Answer 1

Mark's answer is in meters for totalDistance and seconds for totalDuration.

If you're in the U.S. and want miles with a single decimal point, multiply like so:

var METERS_TO_MILES = 0.000621371192;
$('#distance').text((Math.round( totalDistance * METERS_TO_MILES * 10 ) / 10)+' miles');

And if you want minutes:

$('#distance').text(Math.round( totalDuration / 60 )+' minutes');