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Show HN: Location Finder – Find the best location to meet your remote team

4 pointsby vladojsemabout 2 years ago
Hey HN,<p>We have just updated our free tool, Location Finder <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.surfoffice.com&#x2F;location-finder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.surfoffice.com&#x2F;location-finder</a><p>It is often challenging for remote teams to decide on the ideal spot to meet. Location Finder calculates the most optimal location for everyone on the team to come together.<p>The flight algorithm takes into account the following criteria: 1. Average travel time per person (the most critical factor) 2. Average number of layovers per person 3. Estimated flight costs 4. CO2 footprint<p>This tool is based on Kiwi.com API, which searches flight connections from more than 500 airlines. It acts as an ‘advisor’ and is not a booking tool to help you find the optimal locations.<p>Try this example: - Type in 5 people flying from Berlin, 12 people from London, 14 people from New York and see where it suggests you meet.<p>We look forward to hearing your feedback.<p>What&#x27;s new&#x2F;improved: - Now you can search using both city and airport names - We now evaluate results from the CO2 perspective and recommend the option with the lowest CO2 footprint (usually when part of the team does not fly) - Better search suggestions; the tool now recognizes that Prague and Praha are the same thing, and you can use special characters like the city Košice - We have added state information for US cities; for instance, typing &quot;Portland&quot; will now show options: Portland, OR or Portland, ME. - Previously, we only showed search results for departures from now + 10 days. We have now updated this to now + 30 days, which better reflects people planning team retreats. - We have fixed bugs and optimized the database for faster results.

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saradhiabout 2 years ago
Nice and easy interface - I like it. User preferred Dates or month preference can make it more useful.<p>Also, &quot;optimal location to meet your friends&quot; is better use case than &quot;meet your remote team&quot;.
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bazhandabout 2 years ago
I was looking for a tool exactly like this not too long ago.<p>Some observations - clicking browser back button loses inputs - ukraine not available? - needs date&#x2F;month selectors to plan ahead
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