Google Maps API: get two locations distance and plot on map

Question

I am new at Google Maps. I want to the get distance from one place to another place and plot it on a map.

e.g: Place1 and Place2 Distance - xxx Km (xx miles) and pl

Answer 1

Use the geometry library computeDistanceBetween() function. If you don't have the coordinates, use the Geocoder to get them.

Example (based off of the example in the documentation)