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Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

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Starting near London right clicking the map it then restricted to "France Only" (which I couldn't seem to change) and with 2 hours on a bike the result was a blob somewhere in the English Channel. Interesting concept though!

For now bike mode is only available in France. However, if I have enough traffic outside France I will implement it for the rest of the world.

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

#12
It's a very cool concept and definitely has its upsides, but I was a bit disappointed about not being able to choose walking distances or periods of less than 1 hour. Also, the distances in my city (Lisbon) were somewhat unrealistic. Dunno if it works better in larger cities.

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

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this is really cool! i just wish such a tool was available for my city (stockholm)! do you have any plans on expanding beyond France in the future?

The English version is very new, if the English version is successful I will expand transit and bike mode beyong France.

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

#14
Really nice tool - is it using traffic conditions right now? To elaborate, I first entered 4 hrs from Munich, then added another half an hour to it and got a counterintuitive map (see oalley.net/map/b3y): I would have expected the 4:30 hrs map to just extend a little further than the 4 hrs map, but in reality, some parts that I could have reached in 4 hrs are not reachable in 4:30 hrs. Any idea what's going on?

It seems to have issues with paths into or crossing the alps.

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

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OpenRouteService[0] also offers this functionality, and it lets you customize the hell out of it too. [0] https://maps.openrouteservice.org/reach

And for Grenoble (where I know a bit what I can and cannot do) the predictions regarding going up the mountains are quite a bit more realistic... :P

https://maps.openrouteservice.org/reach?n1=45.184578&n2=5.77...

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

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post #14

Really nice tool - is it using traffic conditions right now? To elaborate, I first entered 4 hrs from Munich, then added another half an hour to it and got a counterintuitive map (see oalley.net/map/b3y): I would have expected the 4:30 hrs map to just extend a little further than the 4 hrs map, but in reality, some parts that I could have reached in 4 hrs are not reachable in 4:30 hrs. Any idea what's going on? It se…

No the website is not using traffic conditions. The test case you have provided to me is very interesting. An heuristic is used to get the area and I think the issue is there.

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

#18
I like the idea - but it isn't working well for my location, at the base of a canyon in Utah, with mountains on 3 sides of me and a big lake on the 4th. It looks like it knows that there are canyons and roads and obstacles that need to be accounted for, but the spikes jutting out from my location don't follow the roads or terrain.

FWIW, the site at: https://maps.openrouteservice.org/reach also fails to compute accurately from my location for an hour, but does work accurately for 50 minutes or less. If nothing else, maybe I'm a good test case?

Re: Show HN: A map that shows you how far you can go for a given time or distance

#19

It's a very cool concept and definitely has its upsides, but I was a bit disappointed about not being able to choose walking distances or periods of less than 1 hour. Also, the distances in my city (Lisbon) were somewhat unrealistic. Dunno if it works better in larger cities.

You should be able to pick period less than 1 hour. If you are still not able to do it let me know. I hope to be able to add walking feature soon.
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