ZERO_RESULTS when using DirectionsService

[RamiJ]

Using DirectionsService from google maps api returns ZERO_RESULTS for
src and dst out of the US, any ideas why is that?

var start = src_latlng;
var end = dst_latlng;
var request = {
origin:start,
destination:end ,
travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING
};

directionsService.route(request, function(result, status)
{ ... }

However, when using http://maps.google.com, using the web site
manuall, with the same src and dst, it works!

[geoco...@gmail.com]

On Apr 19, 9:58 am, RamiJ <sra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Using DirectionsService from google maps api returns ZERO_RESULTS for
> src and dst out of the US, any ideas why is that?

Not with the information you have provided. I would expect you are
doing something wrong, but what that is can't be determined from the
information provided.

Can you at least provide an example set of addresses that fail?

-- Larry

>
> var start = src_latlng;
>       var end = dst_latlng;
>       var request = {
>         origin:start,
>         destination:end ,
>         travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING
>       };
>
>       directionsService.route(request, function(result, status)
> { ... }
>

> However, when usinghttp://maps.google.com, using the web site

[RamiJ]

Thanks;

Yes, for the example i tried:
Source = "Tel Aviv"
Dst = "Haifa"

Then calculated the latitue/longitude of these points into src_latlng
and dst_latlng variables correspondingly.

i would add the code for the full script i wrote if there was an
option for that here.


On Apr 19, 8:24 pm, "geocode...@gmail.com" <geocode...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[RamiJ]

A more general question? does the routing service should work for
Israel too?

[Andrew Leach]

On 19 April 2011 20:58, RamiJ <sra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A more general question? does the routing service should work for
> Israel too?

Not much works for Israel. There are licensing issues, apparently.
http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mapcoverage_filtered.html

[RamiJ]

1. This link shows countries from the US only, is that possible that
google maps api is authorized for the US only?

2. when browsing to http://maps.google.com i succeed to get routes in
israel. is that possible that is enabled there and disabled in the
api? i suspect i am doing something wrong with my code or need to add
some new definitions to make it work!

Thanks

[Andrew Leach]

On 19 April 2011 21:17, RamiJ <sra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. This link shows countries from the US only, is that possible that
> google maps api is authorized for the US only?

No. There are very few countries where the API is not allowed. There
are a few more countries which don't have any map information, which
is what that list shows for Israel. The API cannot provide any data
for Israel.

> 2. when browsing to http://maps.google.com i succeed to get routes in
> israel. is that possible that is enabled there and disabled in the
> api? i suspect i am doing something wrong with my code or need to add
> some new definitions to make it work!

You're right: Google Maps is allowed to show maps of Israel; the API
is not allowed to show them. You're not doing anything wrong (probably
-- we can't see what you're doing without a link).