# Calculate mileage distances

**URL:** <https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286>\
**Category:** Knacksters' Idea Lab\
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286 "2022-10-23T17:37:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@Dan](https://forums.knack.com/u/Dan)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286/1 "2022-10-23T17:37:30Z")

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Is there a way to calculate driving distance to an address? For example, if we wanted to calculate distance from a set point (Seattle, WA) to an address in the field?

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**Author:** ![CarlHolmes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.knack.com/carlholmes/32/2814_2.png) [@CarlHolmes](https://forums.knack.com/u/CarlHolmes)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286/2 "2022-10-23T18:41:33Z")

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@Dan - You may find this post of help:

> [@Calculate Mileage with native Knack maps](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-with-native-knack-maps/13093/3):
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> Hi @Kyle - this is actually pretty simple to do with [Make](https://www.make.com/en/register?pc=kirkness) (formerly Integromat). You set up a suitable trigger for your “Scenario” (Search, Updated or New Record etc) and then use the Google Maps module to calculate the distance for you. You can then update the same record with the result: You needs a Google Maps API account to do this - which is fairly straightforward to set up and then connect your Make module to that. The advantage is that this is stil…

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**Author:** ![Dan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@Dan](https://forums.knack.com/u/Dan)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286/3 "2022-10-24T01:28:12Z")

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I watched your video last night, and that’s what motivated me to post this question. Love your videos!

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**Author:** ![Dean2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dean2](https://forums.knack.com/u/Dean2)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286/4 "2022-10-24T03:25:15Z")

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If I can jump in on this thread and extend the premise a little, has anyone used a route planning app? We’re currently exporting a list of stops in CSV format to Excel and then manually pasting it into RouteXL to find out our best way to route all of the stops.

Would Julian’s method of using Make be the simplest “no code” method to automate the process once the export button has been hit?

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**Author:** ![Elaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/439d5e/32.png) [@Elaine](https://forums.knack.com/u/Elaine)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286/5 "2022-11-21T18:34:30Z")

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Did you get anywhere with exploring route planning? I’m looking at similar issues for a project app.

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**Author:** ![Dean2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dean2](https://forums.knack.com/u/Dean2)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.knack.com/t/calculate-mileage-distances/13286/6 "2022-11-21T22:39:41Z")

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> [@Dean2](#):
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> RouteXL

Elaine, look at RouteXL [https://www.routexl.com/](https://www.routexl.com/) . It’s free to try/use and might have what you’re seeking.