Find Routes of Distance X From a Point
Last Updated 14th October 2009
Description
This tool can be used to find out where you could travel to from a start point for a set distance. If, for example you wish to see where you could travel to from London, UK with a radius of 100 miles you could find out (See Example).
| Enter an Address | |
| How far can you travel | miles |
How To Use
- Enter an address. Make sure it is a full address such as 123 Street, Town/City , Country
- Enter the distance you wish to travel from that address
- Click Search and after a period of time, the map will show all possible routes of that distance
Further Uses and Ideas
- None
Version History
Version 1 (14/10/09)
Previous Comments For This Page
It would be nice to see how far one could go in a certain amount of time. Instead of specifying travel distance, specify travel time.
In that case, one would need to have info on average travel speeds for all roads.
By Marcelo on 11/07/2011Hi, I can see what you mean. There should be more routes than what is shown. The reason for this is that there has to be a limit to the level of accuracy used. In other words how many points are sampled. More points will take more time. Also, as the distance goes up (500miles) then this effect where obvious points are missed becomes more pronounced.
We will look into increasing the number of point sampled but this needs to be balanced with the time the tool takes to complete.
By Daft Logic on 09/12/2009i tried radius from my location, athens ohio, of 500 miles. it gave me routes north, west and south but nothing East. So it only will show if you can go a full 500 miles in that direction?
On 09/12/2009Hi, is this script open source?
I would like to use it in a school project.
By Bob on 25/10/2009
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