I'm using the google_directions() function to generate driving routes between two coordinates which are generated on clicking at different points in a leaflet map.I would like to show a few possible routes, instead of just one. Setting alternatives = TRUE does not seem to do the job for me. I've tried multiple coordinates.
key <- "my_key"
#lat1,lon1 generated on first click. lat2,lon2 generated on second click.
df <- google_directions(origin = c(lat1,lon1),
destination = c(lat2,lon2),
key = key,
mode = "driving",
simplify = TRUE,
alternatives = TRUE)
pl <- decode_pl(direction_polyline(df))
leaflet() %>% addTiles() %>% addPolylines(data = pl, lng = ~lon, lat = ~lat,group = "route")
I found the issue and have uploaded a fix
In brief, the alternatives
argument wasn't correctly being used, as you found out.
If you install the latest development version this should work for you
devtools::install_github("SymbolixAU/googleway")
To show it working, this example will generate two routes
library(googleway)
set_key("api_key")
df <- google_directions(origin = "Melbourne Airport, Australia",
destination = "Portsea, Melbourne, Australia",
mode = "driving",
alternatives = TRUE)
df_routes <- data.frame(polyline = direction_polyline(df))
set_key("map_key", api = "map")
google_map() %>%
add_polylines(data = df_routes, polyline = "polyline")