Get-GoogleDirections.ps1

19 Sep 2025

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Description

Get-GoogleDirections is a convenience function that opens Google Maps in your default browser with driving directions between two points. Provide origin and destination strings and the script builds the URL and launches it with Start-Process.

Usage examples

Get-GoogleDirections -From 'London' -To 'Manchester'
Get-GoogleDirections -From 'EC2A 2BA' -To 'Heathrow Airport'

The parameters accept any URL-encoded string accepted by Google Maps, so you can supply postcodes, cities, or full street addresses.

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Script

function Get-GoogleDirections {
    param([string] $From, [String] $To)

    process {
        Start-Process "https://www.google.com/maps/dir/$From/$To/"
    }
}

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