[Resolved] Google Maps Limits

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[Alessandro]

Hi, i've builded a custom shortcode to calculate the distance beetween two addresses or lat_lon coordinates:

something like: [calculate_distance origin="..." destination="..."]

It uses the "google maps distance matrix api" to calculate the distance. I'm not a programmer so it was an hard work.

When using it i noticed it has a good performance but it is near to exceed google maps api limits (it is just 2.500 requests / day) so i have 100 places i can do the job just for 25 pageviews.

For this reason i would like to know about toolset plugin stores the addresses format in the db.
I noticed i can choose while inserting this to change it to {lat,long} format, instead of the longname address.

I have addressed stored in the db as Longname(FIELD_ADDRESS) and using php code:
types_render_field("my-address-field", array('output' => 'normal', 'format' => 'FIELD_LATITUDE,FIELD_LONGITUDE'));

i can extract lat&lon.
I would know if this operation uses the google geocoding api to render this field from FIELD_ADDRESS format to FIELD_LATITUDE,FIELD_LONGITUDE.
I should need to know this detail because i'm thinking about to obtain to calculate distance matematichally since it could exceed google's api limits.

[Noman]

Hi Alessandro,

Thank you for contacting Toolset support. As you have created a custom code and requires help on code & database stuff, this type of code or modifications falls into Custom coding & custom development and it is out of support policy (https://toolset.com/toolset-support-policy/). So we recommend to contact Toolset recommended service providers to further discuss the custom approach. We have some recommended list of service providers here if you would like to take a look: https://toolset.com/consultant/

Regarding lat/long values stored in database, those should be in a numerical format or you can check database columns to confirm. Typically we follow Google Maps & WordPress API guidelines for storing data related to maps.

Thank you

[Alessandro]

Hi Noman, i think that any consultant doesn't know about this issue. Just your developer can help us. Please let me contact by some of them.

I just need to know if, when it uses types_render_field it reads from db or it uses the google api's

[Noman]

Hello Alessandro,

Toolset storing address field info in ‘wp_options’ table and ‘toolset_maps_address_coordinates’ column.
If you want to get lat/long from google api then you can use same code as used in this ticket:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/latlong-coordinates/#post-246627

Thanks