Google Maps

Elixir wrapper around Google Maps APIs

Services

• Directions - Directions between multiple locations.
• Distance Matrix - Travel time and distance for multiple destinations.
• Elevation - Elevation data for any point in the world.
• Geocoding - Converts between addresses and geographic coordinates.
• Place Add - Allows you to supplement the data in Google's Places database with data from your application.
• Place Autocomplete - can be used to automatically fill in the name and/or address of a place as you type.
• Place Details - Returns more detailed information about a specific Place, including user reviews.
• Place Photo - Gives you access to the millions of Place related photos stored in Google's Place database
• Place Search - Returns a list of places based on a user's location or search string.
• Query Autocomplete - can be used to provide a query prediction service for text-based geographic searches, by returning suggested queries as you type.
• Timezone - Time zone data for anywhere in the world.

Methods

• directions/3
• place_autocomplete/2

Installation

If available in Hex, the package can be installed as:

1. Add google_maps to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

```elixir
def deps do
  [{:google_maps, "~> 0.3.0"}]
end
```

1. Ensure google_maps is started before your application:

```elixir
def application do
  [applications: [:google_maps]]
end
```

1. In your application's config/config.exs, add:

```elixir
config :google_maps, 
  api_key: "YOUR API KEY HERE"
```

Or you can use GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY system environment variable when running in iex.