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Distance Matrix

Distance Matrix is a places & maps capability available through Google Maps on Aweb. Calculate travel distance and time between multiple origins and destinations. Access it through a single unified API with automatic failover and intelligent routing.

Try Distance MatrixAPI docs

Best for

Highest quality

Google Maps

Premium tier

Contract

Max Latency5000ms

Providers (1)

ProviderScoreQualityPricing
Google MapsDEFAULT
97premiumstandard

Quick start

Call Distance Matrix through Alfred — automatic provider selection, failover, and load balancing included.

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.alfred-ai.app/v1/execute \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ALFRED_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "capability": "places.distance-matrix",
    "input": { "prompt": "Hello world" }
  }'

TypeScript

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Alfred automatically selects the best provider
const result = await alfred.execute({
  capability: 'places.distance-matrix',
  input: { prompt: 'Hello world' },
});

console.log(result.output);

Orchestration pipeline

import { Alfred } from '@alfred/core';

const alfred = new Alfred({ apiKey: process.env.ALFRED_API_KEY });

// Multi-step pipeline with automatic failover
const result = await alfred.orchestrate({
  steps: [
    { id: 'step1', capability: 'places.distance-matrix', input: { prompt: 'Hello world' } },
    { id: 'step2', capability: 'llm.chat', dependsOn: ['step1'],
      input: { prompt: 'Summarize: $step1.output' } },
  ],
});

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