Google maps directions destination alias - google-maps-api-3

Question

I have a page at http://www.no1hastings.check.com.au/directions.html where visitors can get directions from anywhere to a fixed point. The destination that the Google geocoder recognises is a street address (1 Morwong Drive) but I would like it to display the name of the building there (No. 1 in Hastings Street) which Google doesn't recognise.
Is there way to set the street address as the destination but alias it to the building name when the result is displayed?

Answer 1

One option would be to modify the string in the response before sending it to the DirectionsRenderer:
function calcRoute() {
var request = {
origin: 'Brisbane QLD Australia Australia',
// origin: 'Brisbane Qld, Australia',
destination: '1 Morwong Drive, Noosa Heads Qld, Australia',
// waypoints:[{location: 'Bourke, NSW'}, {location: 'Broken Hill, NSW'}],
travelMode: google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.DRIVING,
unitSystem: google.maps.UnitSystem.METRIC
};
directionsService.route(request, function(response, status) {
if (status == google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) {
var route = response.routes[0];
var lastleg = route.legs[route.legs.length-1];
response.routes[0].legs[route.legs.length-1].end_address = 'No. 1 in Hastings Street';
directionsDisplay.setDirections(response);
} else alert("Directions request failed: "+status);
});
}
To handle the case where the directions are changed by the directionsRenderer (i.e. for dragging the origin), you could do something like this (where changeEnd is a global and set to false), note that it will have undesireable results if the user drags the destination (you may want to prevent that: Google maps api v3 Two markers one fixed one dragged):
google.maps.event.addListener(directionsDisplay, 'directions_changed', function() {
computeTotalDistance(directionsDisplay.directions);
if (!changeEnd) {
var response = directionsDisplay.getDirections();
var route = response.routes[0];
var lastleg = route.legs[route.legs.length-1];
response.routes[0].legs[route.legs.length-1].end_address = 'No. 1 in Hastings Street';
changeEnd = true;
directionsDisplay.setDirections(response);
} else changeEnd = false;
});