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Matt
Matt

Reputation: 1131

Taking the value of a variable for unitSystem in maps

I have a variable: units. This contains either metric or imperial.

Ok, so in Google maps directions the following is happening:

var request = {
    origin:start,
    destination:end,
    travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.WALKING,
    unitSystem: UnitSystem.METRIC
};

My noobish question is: How do i change "unitSystem: UnitSystem.METRIC" into "unitSystem: units". I simply don't know what Google is expecting for as a value. Cant find it in docs either.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2837

Answers (1)

Shikiryu
Shikiryu

Reputation: 10219

As statued in https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/distancematrix?hl=fr

unitSystem (optional) — The unit system to use when displaying distance. Accepted values are:

google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC (default)

google.maps.UnitSystem.IMPERIAL

So I guess you could do :

var request = {
    origin:start,
    destination:end,
    travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.WALKING,
    unitSystem: unit == 'metric' ? google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC : google.maps.UnitSystem.IMPERIAL
};

Upvotes: 2

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