I live in northern part of USA where winters are snowy. Whenever I took long trips, I always wondered what the weather along the route is going to be. For those who live in northern USA, you know weather can change frequently, so when you're traveling matters a lot, not just the route.
To solve this problem for myself, I built https://navimodo.com/. NaviModo calculates the route, and then checks weather along the route based on your start time, and displays weather along the route. Change start time, and the whole thing is recalculated.
I am not expecting any commercialization for this, just wanted to scratch an itch, and just did it. I have ideas for adding additional features (suggestions for when to take breaks based on bad weather, auto-suggestion of start time to avoid bad weather, etc.,) but will add more as time goes by.
Any feedback is welcome!
The day before we leave on a trip, I manually use 10-day forecasts from something like weather.com to help figure out what to pack and see if it's worth making scheduling adjustment. I'd like to know what the forecasted weather will be in each of the planned stops. High/low temperature and weather for each stop (we might be at a stop for many hours, so the weather can change), plus forecasts for any "overnight" cities, so we know what to expect while at the hotel/campground/etc.: at arrival time, the overnight conditions, and in the morning at expected departure time.
I'm more concerned about weather during planned stops than "weather on the way".
Something that integrates with https://furkot.com (the best road-trip planning tool ever!) would be great!
One thing that felt a bit tricky: if I want to leave "now" and quickly try different route variations, the departure time becomes outdated almost immediately. A simple "leave now" option could help here. Also would be great to see alternative routes to compare weather differences.
Overall though, super useful tool. I can see myself checking this before longer trips
I live and spend most of my time in cities, so long road trips are some of my bests chances for seeing good stars out in the country.
Would your tool be adaptable to this use case?
Looks good and I like being able to browse the map on a desktop, though for actual travel use the app with CarPlay support obviously has benefits
Yes, there are a few options available already. This was a passion project of mine, and I am reviewing all the use cases I can add. My primary aim was to have a website that works on both desktop and mobile. Did not prioritize mobile apps/CarPlay/Android Auto support yet.
I also think having a dropdown for the address search is somewhat expected these days, but is lacking here. That might be on purpose or due to a technical limitation, but just thought I'd mention.
Thanks for the feedback regarding addresses, on my TODO list to add support for dynamic search.
Good execution. How accurate it'll be within city
A URL that persists the entered route might be desirable (especially to demo here). Otherwise I'm sure the additional features are endless.
I pictured someone using it on a 2 week road trip. But even within a couple hours traveling in SF/bay area, it can be pretty hard to know what weather you'll encounter. Even if you're a local.
One thing I noticed: when I enter a destination that isn’t drivable like requires a flight, it returns OSRM API Error. Might be worth handling that case more gracefully or showing a clearer message.
Also, one more improvement while I'm here; can you set the date/time forward by ~30mins? Currently, you always have to adjust it manually or else the date/time will be in the past.