A Tasker task for texting a driving time estimate between your current location and home. Expects two variables to be set: HOME: An address, zip code, etc to use as the destination address when querying the Google Maps API. HOMENUM: A phone number to send the text to.

headed-home.xml

<TaskerData sr="" dvi="1" tv="1.3.3u2m">
<Task sr="task2">
<cdate>1345254133188</cdate>
<edate>1357068354779</edate>
<id>2</id>
<nme>Headed Home</nme>
<pri>10</pri>
<Action sr="act0" ve="3">
<code>902</code>
<Int sr="arg0" val="0"/>
<Int sr="arg1" val="100"/>
<Int sr="arg2" val="0"/>
<Int sr="arg3" val="0"/>
</Action>
<Action sr="act1" ve="3">
<code>118</code>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">maps.googleapis.com</Str>
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">maps/api/directions/json</Str>
<Str sr="arg2" ve="3">origin=%LOC
destination=%HOME
sensor=false</Str>
<Str sr="arg3" ve="3"/>
<Int sr="arg4" val="10"/>
<Str sr="arg5" ve="3">text/plain</Str>
<Str sr="arg6" ve="3"/>
</Action>
<Action sr="act2" ve="3">
<code>129</code>
<lhs>%HTTPL</lhs>
<op>4</op>
<rhs>0</rhs>
<Str sr="arg0" ve="3">var t = JSON.parse(global('HTTPD'));

var dur = t.routes[0].legs[0].duration.text;
var dist = t.routes[0].legs[0].distance.text;

var msg = "I'm in the car. Headed home.";

if (dist) msg += " I'm " + dist + " away.";

if (dur) msg += " With an estimated " + dur + " driving time (not accounting for traffic).";

var ok = sendSMS(global('HOMENUM'), msg);

flashLong("Sent message: " + msg);</Str>
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3"/>
<Int sr="arg2" val="1"/>
<Int sr="arg3" val="45"/>
</Action>
</Task>
</TaskerData>

It's also not working for me. Has anyone managed to get this working again or found an alternative?