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

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Post by wkjagt »

reportgunner wrote: post #146
wkjagt wrote: post #126

What a cool idea! Well done! One feature suggestion: it would be cool if it asked you if you prefer the shade or the sun. I’m in Canada, and during winters I love to sit on the sunny side of the bus.

You need a feature to tell you to sit on the "wrong" side ? There's just two sides !

Well, I don't _need_ it of course :-) Just saying it would be cool.

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

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Post by dghughes »

jonasft wrote: post #124
dghughes wrote: post #121

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That's a big assumption that the sun can even be seen lol it's always cloudy here in SE Canada it seems. It's nearly 8am the sun supposedly is up but the clouds are so thick it may as well be 5am.

SE Canada is like France, though. We’re talking Iceland here, which is way north compared

Oh I know Iceland is about the same as northern Labrador or even south east Nunavut. But here in SE Canada especially Newfoundland the warm Gulfstream and Labrador current both meet here so it can be quite foggy. Plus it seems we are like the tailpipe of North America every weather system seems to end up here even hurricanes.

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

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Post by throwaway91920 »

jackdh wrote: post #71
Amithv wrote: post #63

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Currently, it uses OpenStreetMap routing.Planning to change to the Google Maps Routing API.

Check the prices on that, it can get exorbitant

The site could probably charge extra for better quality results.

Perhaps they could split it into a free version using open street data, and a paid version with actual transit routes and other relevant data (tunnels could be marked as 0% sun coverage if they are able to find a data source for it)

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Post by im3w1l »

chippiewill wrote: post #128
addandsubtract wrote: post #74

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Getting lost on the 0.1% edge cases or improvements is why I never finish side projects, either.

I don't think getting the position of the sun is an edge case, it's a fundamental capability for the product to work at all

You could probably make a lookup table that works "well enough" in like a few hours.

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

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Post by Amithv »

moontear wrote: post #131

Works. Beautiful. Also works internationally. Good job! It would be splendid if you used 24 hour format per default instead of AM/PM or at least let me choose. You correctly figured out I am at UTC+01:00, but we don't use AM/PM here. I'm not perfectly happy with the colors in the final map. You use blue to represent right, yellowish for left and dark gray for "no sun". Your suggestion on top for preferred seating use…

Thanks for the suggestion.

Time selection relies on the default settings of the browser/system.

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

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Post by Amithv »

larodi wrote: post #150

Whats the technology behind this? Is it spatial SQL or some other python-based spatial analysis? I suppose the map is either open layers or leaflet, but the other part is more interesting. Sorry, didn't find it on the page or here, please take excuse if already answered. Thanks

Backend: Node.js Calculations are performed based on the azimuth of the sun and the bus, taking into account the movement of the bus and change in time.
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