As the developer of an app that uses SMS as a transport medium for a WebView "browser" UI [1], I'm very appreciative of Peter Foster for hosting this service! The site design is highly compressible and text is kept to a minimum - you can usually get directions in just a few texts.
One note to the developer (could not find contact info):
The country list dropdown shows Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". This is probably accidental as likely from another source, but could need some review.
That's a can of worms (along with the northern border of India and everything between Lebanon and Egypt) that will get you a million angry emails no matter what you do.
A minimalistic directions service aimed at users of feature phones/dumb phones, terminal-based browsers, low-bandwidth connections, screen readers etc. Best suited for public transport directions. No JavaScript requirements.
As someone who is currently enamored with Meshtastic devices, several of which have built in GPS, this is making me wonder of future iterations of the software and being able to somehow utilize the directions on the mesh.
it would be fun to use AI to change this to 1990s directions like "Make a left at Eastside high, drive until you see taco bell, turn right down the alley , i'm the 3rd garage with the blue door".
Reminds me of GOOG-411! Used to use that all the time back in the day before I got a smart phone. https://youtu.be/J937N9m-XtE?si=-rsbP3Nm6GRGpZGQ&t=185
GOOG-411 was insanely cool.
As the developer of an app that uses SMS as a transport medium for a WebView "browser" UI [1], I'm very appreciative of Peter Foster for hosting this service! The site design is highly compressible and text is kept to a minimum - you can usually get directions in just a few texts.
[1] https://github.com/lukeaschenbrenner/TxtNet-Browser
I really like this.
One note to the developer (could not find contact info):
The country list dropdown shows Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". This is probably accidental as likely from another source, but could need some review.
That's a can of worms (along with the northern border of India and everything between Lebanon and Egypt) that will get you a million angry emails no matter what you do.
A minimalistic directions service aimed at users of feature phones/dumb phones, terminal-based browsers, low-bandwidth connections, screen readers etc. Best suited for public transport directions. No JavaScript requirements.
This takes me back to the MapQuest era, printing out directions and reading them while driving.
Competitor MapBlast's 'LineDrive' directions were my favorite printable option – both the abstract overview and the turn-by-turn abstract clips.
https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/remember...
As someone who is currently enamored with Meshtastic devices, several of which have built in GPS, this is making me wonder of future iterations of the software and being able to somehow utilize the directions on the mesh.
Gmaps api is pricy, hopefully this doesn’t go super viral or the dev will have a big bill to pay
Similar just based on open source + open data https://social.tchncs.de/@Jbb/116082509413974306
hey guys. love the service. paypal donations are down. wanted to donate and couldn't. just a heads up.
it would be fun to use AI to change this to 1990s directions like "Make a left at Eastside high, drive until you see taco bell, turn right down the alley , i'm the 3rd garage with the blue door".
Love this! Thank you
Very cool
How exactly does this work? Does it use Gmaps API?
Yes, to self-host it you will need a Google maps API key.
In the related links at the bottom, https://gdir.telae.net/links.html, the Git repo https://github.com/pafoster/gdir.telae.net is available along with some other cool things.
Very Nice, this is very much needed