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copied!<p>I correct my previous answer this is possible. You use the google directions API as outlined in this link: </p> <p>You send your direction request and it returns the directions either as json or xml as per your preference. Gives you coordinates of each point on the route. </p> <p>You send a request to <code>http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/outputformat?parameters</code></p> <p>So if you want to return the directions as json the request would be:</p> <p><code>http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=ORIGIN_LOCATION&destination=DESTINATION_LOCATION&sensor=FALSE</code></p> <p>the <code>ORIGIN_LOCATION</code> and <code>DESTINATION_LOCATION</code> can either be a latitude and longitude seperated by a comma e.g. <code>latitude,longitude</code> or a location search string e.g <code>Eiffel+Tower+,+Paris+France</code> (The search string has to be url encoded). </p> <p>The sensor parameter is another compulsory parameter and asks whether the device sending the request can detect its own location. </p> <p>For example for the directions from the eiffel tower to the louvre museum are given on the following link as json:</p> <p><a href="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Louver+museum+Paris&destination=Eiffel+Tower+Paris+France&sensor=false" rel="nofollow">http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=Louver+museum+Paris&destination=Eiffel+Tower+Paris+France&sensor=false</a></p> <p>And to return it as XML:</p> <p><a href="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/xml?origin=Louver+museum+Paris&destination=Eiffel+Tower+Paris+France&sensor=false" rel="nofollow">http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/xml?origin=Louver+museum+Paris&destination=Eiffel+Tower+Paris+France&sensor=false</a></p>

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