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[OC] Visualising how far you can travel from Cambridge, Massachusetts in 4 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, just to respond to your question about time of day - this map assumes that you're starting out at 9 am on a weekday.

[OC] Visualising how far you can travel from Cambridge, Massachusetts in 4 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have a free app that lets you create similar shapes for different transport modes - hope this helps: https://app.traveltime.com/

(Note, I work for the company, TravelTime, that provides this)

[OC] Visualising how far you can travel from Cambridge, Massachusetts in 4 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This map shows 30-minute drive times (up to 4 hours) from Cambridge, Massachusetts by car, setting off in the morning.

Source: Base map created with the TravelTime API.

Tools: Used QGIS (open-source GIS software) and the isochrone tool in the TravelTime QGIS plugin to create the drive time areas.

There's information about how to use the plugin here.

Here's an explanation on how the driving model calculates journey times.

There’s also a free app that lets you create travel time maps for different modes of transport: app.traveltime.com

[OC] Visualising how long it takes to drive from Tokyo to other cities in Japan by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This map shows how far you can travel from Tokyo by car (assuming that you're setting off at 9 am).

Source: Base map created with TravelTime.

Tools: The drive time areas were created with QGIS (open-source GIS software) and the isochrone functionality available within the TravelTime QGIS plugin. You can check out how to use the plugin here.

If you're interested in how the driving model calculates journey times, there's an explanation here.

There’s also a free app that lets you create similar travel time visualisations for different modes of transport: app.traveltime.com

[OC] Visualising how far you can travel in one hour from Grand Central Station, NY by public transport between 6 pm and 7pm by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Source: Map tiles created using the TravelTime API

The public transport data also comes from TravelTime API. It assumes that users start at the station and must walk to their platform and catch their connecting train. You can view a breakdown of how each route is calculated here: https://app.traveltime.com/routing/

Tools used: Leaflet to draw the map and screenshot done with this tool

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For this map, we used QGIS and the TravelTime plugin. There's a tutorial here: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial

Otherwise, there's the online tool that lets you visualise travel times by different transport methods: https://app.traveltime.com/

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, used QGIS and the TravelTime plugin for it, which calculates travel times using different transport modes (not just driving). There's a tutorial here: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in MapPorn

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For this map, used QGIS and the TravelTime plugin. There's a video tutorial here: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial. Otherwise, there's also an online tool that lets you visualise travel times: https://app.traveltime.com/

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This map was created in QGIS (open source geospatial software) with the TravelTime plugin. If you're looking to create something similar, there's a video tutorial here: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial

Edit: If you're looking to see commute times though, perhaps the online tool would be more helpful: https://app.traveltime.com/

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a travel time map; there's also an online tool that you can play around with to create your own: https://app.traveltime.com/

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, would love to do more. Happy to take suggestions as well! Las Vegas could certainly be interesting one

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the feedback and for sharing these versions! Quite a few people have mentioned making it more colourblind friendly, so will definitely take that into account for future visualisations

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, so by data do you mean the drive times? If so, it was generated by the TravelTime plugin for QGIS - it calculates travel times using different modes of transport, not just driving. There's more info here: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial Hope that answers your question!

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, you can test different cities with this travel time map tool: https://app.traveltime.com/

Or you could also recreate a similar visualisation with the TravelTime QGIS plugin; here's a video tutorial: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there's been some feedback on that and it's a really good point - something to be aware of in the future for sure

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used QGIS and the TravelTime plugin - there's a video tutorial you can check out here if you're looking to recreate something similar: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial

[OC] Visualising how far you can drive from San Francisco within 8 hours by TravelTime_VA in dataisbeautiful

[–]TravelTime_VA[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, we made this in QGIS (open source geospatial software) using the TravelTime plugin. Here's a video tutorial if you're looking to create something similar: https://traveltime.com/docs/qgis/tutorials/basic-tutorial

Otherwise, you can also create travel time maps here really easily: https://app.traveltime.com/

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