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idea: `explore()` neighbourhoods interactively #5

Open sa-lee opened 5 years ago

sa-lee commented 5 years ago

I was thinking it would be cool to have a shiny/javascript app that comes with rwalkable that allows a user to do the following

  1. drop a pin on a location ala google maps
  2. after pin is dropped allow the user to enter radius either as walking time or distance, and select amenities
  3. the usual nearby() magic will popup the isochrone and amenities as points on the map
  4. on the right of the map (or as an inset) there could be a text summary of the area's walkability score/visualizations of walkability

In addition to 1. it would be great to be able to enter an address and have that geocoded automatically.

apear9 commented 5 years ago

also a good plan.

we will have to iron out the details around the use of OpenStreetMaps and its ability to recognise locations on a finer scale than cities or suburbs.

tslumley commented 5 years ago

Geocoding is relatively hard to do for free (we can suggest the user Googles it) but the pin drop is a great idea.

Might also be worth having whereis() cache locations it has looked up in the current session, to reduce the chance of the OSM name server getting mad at us (or, more likely, at the osmdata developers).