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There's such a thing as too much data. I'm looking for information. I want to be able to set my trip range and make a list of destinations. I want to be able t

There's such a thing as too much data. I'm looking for information. I want to be able to set my trip range and make a list of destinations. I want to be able to set options like "I prefer to travel to Hawaii when there is less rain". I want to travel to Paris when the weather is between 60 and 70 and never below 55 or above 85 regularly. I want to avoid clouds and rain at all cost. The data will turn geeks on, it won't sell to non-geeks. Shoot for information.

jrd79 16y ago
Great point. We are 100% on board with this (in fact, your Hawaii use case is one of the actual reasons why we started this project)! As a two-man shop we had to prioritize and decided to create the geek tool first and then start expanding the tabs to cover more focused use cases like yours.
- eengstrom 16y ago
  Good luck with the project. Remember less is more; especially when handling copious amounts of data. There's nothing wrong with making a tool that has a touch span of 45 seconds, provided the user leaves with everything or more than expected.
  - eengstrom 16y ago
    I spent some more time with WeatherSpark this morning, wanted to offer some thoughts on how this would prove to be very useful for me and others like me. I would like very much to have a trip or travel plotting function. Origin point, traffic, wind, weather and a summary for distinct points in the journey. For example; departing by car from Richmond, CA at 10:30AM on Saturday and heading to Healdsburg, CA, remaining 5 hours and returning by the fastest route. Departure time, travel time, weather summary along the way combined with traffic or potential traffic delays. The ability to set how long I will be at each point and a summary of weather impact at such a location. For me, less about the data and more about whether I need foul weather gear, extra water in the car due to delays, or snow chains. Another example is planning a business trip, or any other kind of trip. Knowing what to expect within a set range of times is much more useful and practical than knowing when the best weather conditions MAY be to support pleasure or optional travel. I do 90% more business travel on demand than I do pleasure. Example: departing Richmond, CA to San Francisco International Airport. Depart on UNITED 3474 to Cleveland, OH on a specific date and time. Travel by car from Cleveland airport to Wooster, OH, remain for 4 days, return by car to Cleveland Airport, return on UNITED 6761 flight and time from Cleveland, through Denver on UNITED 423 to San Francisco, then obviously, the drive home. Being able to enter or, even better, upload or automatically link to an itinerary, and understand weather, wind/chill, rain/snow, delays, in a simple and predictive manner is really helpful. As long as it's fast and incorporates into the other tools I use for travel planning.
    - jrd79 16y ago
      Thank you for the suggestion (and for all your comments)! We really appreciate the feedback. Travel is a direction that we are very excited about. I've added your comment to our ticket tracker, so we'll revisit it when we get the travel features.

jrd79 16y ago

Great point. We are 100% on board with this (in fact, your Hawaii use case is one of the actual reasons why we started this project)! As a two-man shop we had to prioritize and decided to create the geek tool first and then start expanding the tabs to cover more focused use cases like yours.

eengstrom 16y ago
Good luck with the project. Remember less is more; especially when handling copious amounts of data. There's nothing wrong with making a tool that has a touch span of 45 seconds, provided the user leaves with everything or more than expected.
- eengstrom 16y ago
  I spent some more time with WeatherSpark this morning, wanted to offer some thoughts on how this would prove to be very useful for me and others like me. I would like very much to have a trip or travel plotting function. Origin point, traffic, wind, weather and a summary for distinct points in the journey. For example; departing by car from Richmond, CA at 10:30AM on Saturday and heading to Healdsburg, CA, remaining 5 hours and returning by the fastest route. Departure time, travel time, weather summary along the way combined with traffic or potential traffic delays. The ability to set how long I will be at each point and a summary of weather impact at such a location. For me, less about the data and more about whether I need foul weather gear, extra water in the car due to delays, or snow chains. Another example is planning a business trip, or any other kind of trip. Knowing what to expect within a set range of times is much more useful and practical than knowing when the best weather conditions MAY be to support pleasure or optional travel. I do 90% more business travel on demand than I do pleasure. Example: departing Richmond, CA to San Francisco International Airport. Depart on UNITED 3474 to Cleveland, OH on a specific date and time. Travel by car from Cleveland airport to Wooster, OH, remain for 4 days, return by car to Cleveland Airport, return on UNITED 6761 flight and time from Cleveland, through Denver on UNITED 423 to San Francisco, then obviously, the drive home. Being able to enter or, even better, upload or automatically link to an itinerary, and understand weather, wind/chill, rain/snow, delays, in a simple and predictive manner is really helpful. As long as it's fast and incorporates into the other tools I use for travel planning.
  - jrd79 16y ago
    Thank you for the suggestion (and for all your comments)! We really appreciate the feedback. Travel is a direction that we are very excited about. I've added your comment to our ticket tracker, so we'll revisit it when we get the travel features.