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Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by big_toast »

vkatluri wrote: post #4
big_toast wrote: post #3

I immediately did SF to Reno through sacramento and south lake tahoe. Wildly different even in four hours. A URL that persists the entered route might be desirable (especially to demo here). Otherwise I'm sure the additional features are endless.

Thanks for the feedback. When you say wildly different, was the weather different? Or did the application behave differently? I will definitely consider sticky URLs!

It behaved properly.

I pictured someone using it on a 2 week road trip. But even within a couple hours traveling in SF/bay area, it can be pretty hard to know what weather you'll encounter. Even if you're a local.

Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by imp0cat »

wlesieutre wrote: post #7

Similar concept to Weather on the Way, for the iOS folks https://weatherontheway.app/ Looks good and I like being able to browse the map on a desktop, though for actual travel use the app with CarPlay support obviously has benefits

Or mapy.com and their "weather en route" - weather forecasting directly on planned routes.

Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by vkatluri »

herpderperator wrote: post #10

Nice app! I see that the page title says "client" and there's the Vite favicon still, which you might want to fix :) I also think having a dropdown for the address search is somewhat expected these days, but is lacking here. That might be on purpose or due to a technical limitation, but just thought I'd mention.

That's embarrassing... will fix the title and favicon.

Thanks for the feedback regarding addresses, on my TODO list to add support for dynamic search.

Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by vkatluri »

imp0cat wrote: post #12
wlesieutre wrote: post #7

Similar concept to Weather on the Way, for the iOS folks https://weatherontheway.app/ Looks good and I like being able to browse the map on a desktop, though for actual travel use the app with CarPlay support obviously has benefits

Or mapy.com and their "weather en route" - weather forecasting directly on planned routes.

Hello,

Yes, there are a few options available already. This was a passion project of mine, and I am reviewing all the use cases I can add. My primary aim was to have a website that works on both desktop and mobile. Did not prioritize mobile apps/CarPlay/Android Auto support yet.

Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by vkatluri »

emien wrote: post #13

This is really nice, cool idea! One thing I noticed: when I enter a destination that isn’t drivable like requires a flight, it returns OSRM API Error. Might be worth handling that case more gracefully or showing a clearer message.

Thanks for catching this! Will fix.

Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by addandsubtract »

vkatluri wrote: post #17
addandsubtract wrote: post #9

I hate when there's "NetworkError when attempting to fetch resource" on my journey.

Yikes. I wonder if I got throttled due to Hacker News traffic. Can you share more details?

Oh, turns out uBlock Origin is blocking requests to router.project-osrm.org. No clue why, though. I mainly use the standard lists.

Also, one more improvement while I'm here; can you set the date/time forward by ~30mins? Currently, you always have to adjust it manually or else the date/time will be in the past.

Re: Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route

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Post by dominka »

Nice idea - I tested it on a route in Poland and it picked a pretty optimal path

One thing that felt a bit tricky: if I want to leave "now" and quickly try different route variations, the departure time becomes outdated almost immediately. A simple "leave now" option could help here. Also would be great to see alternative routes to compare weather differences.

Overall though, super useful tool. I can see myself checking this before longer trips

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