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Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by tekknolagi » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 5:54 PM UTC

I really enjoy this. I've also been interested in a tool that allows full itinerary planning on the command line.

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by nthitz » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:07 PM UTC

It'd be cool if the tool could also figure out the shortest path between the attractions returned to optimize the trip!

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by chooseaname » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:20 PM UTC

lxe wrote: post #4

Why a CLI tool instead of a GUI? This sort of thing seems like a poor use-case for a CLI experience.

Once you have the CLI working, you can then add the GUI. They don't have to be globbed together.

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by mikeokner » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:25 PM UTC

Neat project! If anyone's interested in more of a full-featured web app for travel planning, I've been working on developing https://www.naverator.com/

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by adl1995 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:38 PM UTC

lxe wrote: post #4

Why a CLI tool instead of a GUI? This sort of thing seems like a poor use-case for a CLI experience.

I'm not sure what extra features I could provide with a GUI. I mainly use the script just to create the CSV file and then import it into Google My Maps, as explained here: https://adl1995.github.io/programmatically-organising-your-b...

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by adl1995 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:40 PM UTC

gomangogo wrote: post #10

Eldt wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What version of python are you using?

I use now python 3.6 but got this error : ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'wikipedia' (I installed requirements)

That's odd. What output do you get from 'pip install wikipedia'?

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by adl1995 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:46 PM UTC

nthitz wrote: post #12

It'd be cool if the tool could also figure out the shortest path between the attractions returned to optimize the trip!

Definitely! I'm now thinking of adding a 'radius' parameter which only returns places within a certain region.

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by diminoten » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:49 PM UTC

adl1995 wrote: post #16

gomangogo wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use now python 3.6 but got this error : ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'wikipedia' (I installed requirements)

That's odd. What output do you get from 'pip install wikipedia'?

You do you, but if you're giving python support in HN comments, you might be here for a while!

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by adl1995 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 6:55 PM UTC

mikeokner wrote: post #14

Neat project! If anyone's interested in more of a full-featured web app for travel planning, I've been working on developing https://www.naverator.com/

Thanks! Maybe it would be useful if your app allows importing itinerary from CSV files (I'm guessing each item is added manually for now).

Re: Show HN: Trip Planner – A tool for planning a trip itinerary using Google Maps

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Post by kweks » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 7:50 PM UTC

I'd built out a similar tool that pulled in the Google Photos / Panoramio photos along a route / path, within a certain distance to find interesting things along your way.

It got nuked when Panoramio died - would be interested in Open-Sourcing it if anyone wanted to pick up the project..