Hey HN,<p>We have just updated our free tool, Location Finder <a href="https://www.surfoffice.com/location-finder" rel="nofollow">https://www.surfoffice.com/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's new/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 "Portland" 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.
Nice and easy interface - I like it. User preferred Dates or month preference can make it more useful.<p>Also, "optimal location to meet your friends" is better use case than "meet your remote team".
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/month selectors to plan ahead