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Map of all points below a certain time of travel?

My question is very simple and can be understood in one line:

Is there a way, tool, etc. using Google Maps to get an overlay of all surface which is below a certain time of travel?

I hope the question is clear, but I coulnd't find anything related on the web.

If you have any information, I'll take it!

Here is what I mean illustrated by an example:

I search for a new place to live. I know the precise address of my office. I would in this case be able to overlay on Google Maps the surface which is under a certain time of travel (let's say 30 minuts by car). We would have a long surface colored around motorways (because you get faster), and colors around roads.

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jlengrand Avatar asked Feb 22 '12 21:02

jlengrand


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2 Answers

I think you are looking for something like Mapnificient: it shows you areas you can reach with public transportation in a given time (video).

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A similar site with even more options is How Far Can I Travel. Here you can choose between inputting your speed of travel and a travel time OR a distance. Optionally, you can also specify how accurate you want the results to be.

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Now, how to create such examples yourself? See this related question where the accepted answer explains step-by-step, how you can get travel time data from the Google Maps API.

Finally, for $8.75, you can buy the article Stata utilities for geocoding and generating travel time and travel distance information by Adam Ozimek and Daniel Miles that describes traveltime, a command that uses Google Maps to provide spatial information for data.

The traveltime command takes latitude and longitude information and finds travel distances between points, as well as the time it would take to travel that distance by either driving, walking, or using public transportation.

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BioGeek Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 05:10

BioGeek


Other than the ones in @BioGeek answer, here are some more:

Nokia Here Maps API can give you the exact shape of the output. They call it time-based isoline. See here: Requesting a time based isoline

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For travel times under 10 minutes, Isoscope is available at this address.

Also this looks promising: Route360

Update:

Route360 can be used for free in the following places:

  • Africa

  • Austria

  • Australia and New Zealand

  • British Isles

  • British Columbia

  • Czech Republic

  • Denmark

  • France

  • Germany

  • Italy

  • Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei

  • Mexico

  • Norway

  • Portugal

  • Spain

  • Sweden

  • Switzerland

  • USA

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hadi Avatar answered Oct 04 '22 07:10

hadi