Overview

Here you can update the application settings that effect how bookings are created within the application

Method of Determining Estimated Distance

This setting determines if the estimated distance for a booking is calculated using the new Google Maps API response or by using an historical data (grabbing the latest estimated distance from the database).

New Google Maps Estimation

This setting will estimate the distance of the booking from A to B via the Google Maps API, giving you accurate google map results. NOTE: It may give different results when creating a booking for that exact A to B calculations due to google maps traffic changes on the day.

Historical Data

This setting will estimate distance of the booking from A to B via the last recorded travel time and distance from A to B. This was created so that is keeps the distance calculation exactly the same as before from A to B with no traffic variations of google maps. By using this setting, you can ensure that billing for clients remains consistent.

Distance Threshold Settings

If using the historical data setting you can also set a distance threshold for distance differences between Google Maps and the stored historical distance. When creating a booking, the user will receive a warning if this threshold is exceeded.