TravelDistance

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`TravelDistance`

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TravelDistance[{loc₁,loc₂,…}]

gives the estimated distance for travel from loc₁ to loc₂, ….

Details and Options

The locations loc_i can be geographic entities, GeoPosition objects, or strings specifying addresses.
Possible options include:
TravelMethod "Driving" method of transportation to assume

UnitSystem $UnitSystem unit system to be used in output
TravelDistance[loc₁,loc₂] is equivalent to TravelDistance[{loc₁,loc₂}].
TravelDistance[loc₂,loc₁] is not necessarily the same as TravelDistance[loc₁,loc₂] as a result of one-way streets and similar issues.

Examples

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Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Compute an estimation of the total distance of a trip:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-61xzol

Out[1]=1

Scope (4)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

Distance to travel between two geographic locations:

In[3]:=3

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-smif6p

Out[3]=3

Use GeoPosition objects to define locations:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-2fco3u

Out[1]=1

Compute distance to travel through several locations:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-m1hs1e

Out[1]=1

Specify locations as addresses:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-xn5ckf

Out[1]=1

Options (2)Common values & functionality for each option

TravelMethod (1)

TravelDistance uses "Driving" as default method of transportation:

In[1]:=1

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-1rpfjj

Out[1]=1

Use "Walking" instead:

In[2]:=2

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-ecmcm5

Out[2]=2

UnitSystem (1)

The default unit system is given by $UnitSystem, usually determined by your location, in this case "Imperial":

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-fg27es

Out[1]=1

Specify the unit system of the result:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-g8bvm4

Out[2]=2

Properties & Relations (2)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions

Compute the estimated travel distance between two locations:

In[11]:=11

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-8qbbp8

Out[11]=11

It can also be computed with TravelDirections:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-nhdlik

Out[12]=12

Or as a property of a TravelDirectionsData object:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-fkrggk

Out[13]=13

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-dxvnpx

Out[14]=14

Compute the distances between consecutive pairs of locations:

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-h0byw4

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-m7qiwc

Out[2]=2

They can also be obtained by combining Partition and TravelDistance, though less efficiently:

In[3]:=3

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https://wolfram.com/xid/0n4lsu3ez2a-3h56yc

Out[3]=3

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