How about this? http://graphserver.sourceforge.net/gallery.html
2009/1/10 Daniel Taylor <daniel.tay...@danielt.com>: > Hello, > > I've spent the last couple of days on google maps dragging around map > pins and using the fancy ajax live updating distance/time calculator > they now have to find locations 3 hours away from a specified location. > I am looking to move house, but have to take into account commuting > distance to and from work. > > Using google maps I was able to place a map pin on a work location and > drag a second pin around (using the nifty 'drag to change the route' > feature) to a few locations I was considering. Now this is all when and > good when i know exactly where i want to go, i can check very easily if > its viable. but... I'm not 100% sure where I want to be, I just want to > be within 3 hours of my work place. > > So here's the insane idea. Given a specified POI all routes 'outward' > should be tested until they reach the '# hours' limit, taking into > account speed limits of course, this would produce a circle (more like a > 'splat' shape I predict) which when overlayed on a map would show the > town/cities in reach within # hours driving distance. > > To me it sounds like a perfect google SoC challenge, a student project > or just a project for some who's a little bored this weekend. > > I think this would be a really cool tool to have, think plenty of people > would use something like this. > > now... usually when i have ideas someone has already made them into > reality... hoping that's the case here ;) really need this. > > thoughts? > > thanks > - daniel > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk