Need a quick overview how long you will need by car from geolocation xx.xxxx,yy.yyyy to xx.xxxx,yy.yyyy? Just ask: python traveltime.py xx.xxxx,yy.yyyy xx.xxxx,yy.yyyy

traveltime.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import urllib, json, sys

if len(sys.argv) < 3:
  print 'Usage: %s <lat,lon> <lat,lon>' % sys.argv[0]
  sys.exit(2)

url = 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/directions/json?origin=%s&destination=%s&sensor=false' % (sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])

result = json.loads(urllib.urlopen(url).read())

duration = result['routes'][0]['legs'][0]['duration']['text']
distance = result['routes'][0]['legs'][0]['distance']['text']

print '%s for %s' % (duration, distance)