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Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

#111

Really nice idea and it works to an extent, but it doesn’t seem to use the bus routes — just sent me the quickest route via the motorway. Not sure how much of a ball ache that would be to implement though as I guess you would need to pair a lot of APIs or pay google out the backside

Would you get significantly different results? I'd expect this would work OK even if you assumed travel in a completely straight line - unless you're tacking like a sailboat, you're going to spend most of your time travelling close to the overall direction of travel.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

#113
Posh!

> A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for "port out, starboard home",[4] describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no evidence for this claim

[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/posh]

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

#115
post #46

The idea is nice, the problem is that the route the app uses (it uses for example a highway) isn't the one the bus would use.

Hmm, shouldn't the more shady side be the same in practical scenarios (like not going the other way around the globe, etc)?

There are quite a few bus routes that wind back and forth, especially in urban and mountainous areas potentially offering a lot of shade from buildings and cliff edges for parts of the route anyway.

Whether these journeys involve long enough in direct sun to matter is another question.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

#119
post #73

At least one Turkish website (obilet) also offers this info. I consider this whenever I purchase a ticket.

Makes sense, it would be good if bus and train companies integrated this into seat selection. It really does make a difference.

Re: Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling

#120

Seems to work, I'm located in Reykjavik Iceland and the website tells me there is no sun :) Left Side: 0.00% Right Side: 0.00% No Sun: 100.00%

Suppose when you live in Iceland or other similar latitudes, and the sun starts to appear on the horizon, the preferred seating is the sun side to see hours long sunrise / sunset
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