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Maybe I just grew up watching too many NSW RTA ads, but I'm a firm believer in the principle that for safety you should stop and get out of the car every two hours. So if it could suggest stops which were spaced roughly two hours apart, it'd be useful to me.
I'm getting an error when going from Seattle to Yakima, it says: "Your geographic boundary is too big. Please search a smaller area."
I'm actually getting that error 100% of the time. I tested Seattle to Redmond, and then I tested a specific address to another specific address, both in Belltown.
Hmmm. Well, the "places of interest" it suggested to me didn't look interesting, but it's nearly useful. What it really needs is just to have a "time" column estimating how far each stop is from the last one. Maybe I just grew up watching too many NSW RTA ads, but I'm a firm believer in the principle that for safety you should stop and get out of the car every two hours. So if it could suggest stops which were spaced…
Hmmm. Well, the "places of interest" it suggested to me didn't look interesting, but it's nearly useful. What it really needs is just to have a "time" column estimating how far each stop is from the last one. Maybe I just grew up watching too many NSW RTA ads, but I'm a firm believer in the principle that for safety you should stop and get out of the car every two hours. So if it could suggest stops which were spaced…
- Do you stop 1 hour all the time when you stop at a restaurant? What if you take it to-go?
- What if you stop at a stop like the World's Largest Frying Pan for just 5 minutes? Should we allow users to add custom time limits for each of the stops?
- Would we be complicating things adding custom times?
All great questions and things for us to think about. Thanks a ton for the feedback.
As a lover of road trips, I really dig what you're doing. If I may offer two observations: 1) I would appreciate some sort of filter to hide multi-location stops like Sub-way, Exxon, etc. If you are going to have such data at all, I would appreciate the ability to hide it. I can find a gas station by reading the highway signs, but it's not as easy to find the super unique and interesting stops. 2) Scaling the page to…
1. that makes a ton of sense. adding filtering in the future was something we were thinking about and we'll add this suggestion into that list.
2. you can always zoom the window in closer, but we'll look at making the text on the map more readable.
thanks again. :)
FYI, when there are multiple possible routes (e.g. the second when going from Dallas, TX to Surprise, AZ) and you choose one that isn't the default, the "Featured Stops" still show for the default.
Very nice project! And this is the kind of thing I always want to do: stop at weird little fun places on the way. I wish I had it when I did a cross-country trip. Looks like I had missed a few scenic drives and what not!
I'm getting an error when going from Seattle to Yakima, it says: "Your geographic boundary is too big. Please search a smaller area."
I'm actually getting that error 100% of the time. I tested Seattle to Redmond, and then I tested a specific address to another specific address, both in Belltown.
This is really cool - I can totally see using this!