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Find the flattest route between any two points in SF

41 points • by ishan0102 • today at 9:40 PM • 8 comments • view on HN

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danserfaty • today at 10:19 PM

It's not accurate. I mapped it from my house on Cabrillo St in the outer Richmond to 4th avenue and it says I need to climb 25th avenue then walk Geary instead of correctly telling me to use 23rd avenue that is completely flat.

pokpokpok • today at 10:10 PM

The wiggle!

(in honor of my old commute, which I miss)

https://flattensf.com/#t~-122.40850~37.77493~-122.50940~37.7...

mvkel • today at 10:13 PM

Absolutely love the live profile updating when you swipe from flatter to shorter.

Terr_ • today at 10:15 PM

> The slider runs along the whole trade-off between distance and climbing [...] Climbing is cumulative gain

Another mechanism might be a kind of user-defined cost-curve, where a gradual climb to 10 might be preferred over a steep climb to 8, etc.

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qurren • today at 10:28 PM

Doesn't Google Maps in bicycle mode already do this?

tedd4u • today at 10:10 PM

Cool! Any way to toggle on street names on the map?

fnord77 • today at 10:50 PM

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