Comments on: Centralized restaurant location suggester

Centralized restaurant location suggester

jonson — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:47:45 -0800

Equidistant Eats lets you find restaurants that are centrally located to two or three locations. Just enter at least two addresses and click "Submit." Street address, city and state are required. ZIP Code is optional.

By: jon_kill

jon_kill — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:56:41 -0800

Wait. I don't want the government knowing I plan on walking halfway to meet someone for food.

By: TunnelArmr

TunnelArmr — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:04:29 -0800

It's totally trivial, and yet curiously useful things like this that remind me how much I love the internet.

By: Shutter

Shutter — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:04:38 -0800

Awesome. Though, it seems to get unhappy if I try to set up a meeting between my place in Seattle and my parents' in Portland

By: empath

empath — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:13:21 -0800

It's okay, I really don't like the presentation, though. And you can't include additional search terms. And I'd really prefer it to be in google maps.

By: clearlynuts

clearlynuts — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:20:32 -0800

Good idea. Flawed execution. It certainly found some restaurants that were equidistant, but it also found some that not (ex. 10 miles from home and 5 miles from work in the DC area). Also, Yahoo! Yellow Pages shows five restaurants on the same block as the one restaurant this site says is equidistant between home and work.

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:24:11 -0800

why not just turn on the dining layer in google earth?

By: cribcage

cribcage — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:25:19 -0800

It's a cool idea that appears to have been implemented with minimal effort to a disappointing result. It's not something I would ever use.

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:26:57 -0800

Ditto the 'good idea, execution needs work.' Unless the [livestock] feed store has a cafe I'm unaware of, that suggestion fell flat on its face.

By: nflorin

nflorin — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:35:01 -0800

It really breaks down over large distances. It wants me in Chicago and my parents in North Carolina to meet for lunch at a Bob Evans in South Carolina. Moreover, I notice that 8 of the 20 suggestions are Bob Evans locations, in NC, SC, VA, OH, and IN. Is this the Bob Evans Finder?

By: gurple

gurple — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:49:50 -0800

This seems like a great project for an undergrad intro web programming course. If that's what it is, A-. Could use a lot of tweaking. My wife and I work a mile apart and it's suggesting restaurants that are three miles from either of us. I'm not sure how that's useful.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:26:27 -0800

My wife and I work a mile apart and it's suggesting restaurants that are three miles from either of us. Hey, as long as it's equally inconvenient for both of you...

By: indiebass

indiebass — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:17:34 -0800

nflorin wrote: "Moreover, I notice that 8 of the 20 suggestions are Bob Evans locations, in NC, SC, VA, OH, and IN. Is this the Bob Evans Finder? we should be so lucky, nflorin. I wish there was a Bob Evans finder... OH WAIT!!! THERE IS!

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:00:31 -0800

I agree with Clearlynuts, flawed execution. I entered my home and the home of my parents on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and it came up with points that were indeed equidistant, as the crow flies. These points were southeast of DC on the Chesapeake Bay, some 40 miles from the Bay Bridge, the only point between Baltimore and Norfolk to cross the bay by car. I need a point that is equal driving distance.

By: rkent

rkent — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:22:42 -0800

When I try to find a place between Boston and San Francisco, it tries to send me to Texas, Georgia, and... Florida? Then again, I suppose that's not really what it's for.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:09:50 -0800

Very flawed execution. Failed miserably with two addresses in the downtown Loop of Chicago.

By: Hackworth

Hackworth — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:24:52 -0800

well, if i may self-link, we have a similar tool here that can help find restaurants (with reviews) near any given location, but you would have to do the equidistant figuring yourself. if anyone is interested. if not, then, i dunno, spank me.