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On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Drew <cothar...@gmail.com> wrote: > For what it's worth, iPhones sort of do this automatically. If I'm not at > home and pull down the notification tab it tells me how long it would take > to drive home with current traffic. No widget or app required. > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:53 PM John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: >> >> On a side-note, the Google Now algorithm gets confused if you have home >> and work addresses set to the same location. They may have fixed the problem >> now, as it hasn't done it in about a month, but it kept asking me whether I >> wanted to use various other locations as my work address, instead of the one >> I had saved. >> >> >> >> On April 1, 2015 5:41:57 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion >> <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >>> >>> There is. The Google app for iOS has Google Now integrated into it, so >>> if you launch the Google app and swipe down, you'll see your Google Now >>> cards, including the card with the ETA for how long it is going to take for >>> me to drive home. >>> >>> Ideally, I wish that app could send me a notification or something when >>> that number drops below the threshold that I set. >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:31 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Is there an IOS version of Google Now? On Android, you can define >>>> "cards" that will automatically be updated periodically by Google, >>>> including >>>> drive time estimates. You would need to check the estimates occasionally. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On April 1, 2015 5:22:17 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion >>>> <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, Google knows my home and work addresses and I use Google Maps >>>>> almost every day. The thing I can't quite figure out is how to make it a >>>>> little more obvious on iOS of what the current drive time is, without >>>>> launching an app (the notification center would be nice). Having the >>>>> phone >>>>> (or my desktop) actually notify me when the traffic conditions have >>>>> dropped >>>>> to a certain level would be awesome. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Blake Dunlap <iki...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> You can also prime it by explicitly setting your work and home >>>>>> address, although it will generally pick it up within a few days. >>>>>> Now's intent is to guess what you want before you ask, and pop up the >>>>>> card for you. So in this card's case, it will try and send it to you >>>>>> around the time it thinks you generally head home. >>>>>> >>>>>> Disclaimer: you can replace my @gmail with @google >>>>>> >>>>>> -Blake >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Jacob Margason <ja...@jklm.io> wrote: >>>>>> > Google beat you, not only do they tell me how long it will take to >>>>>> > get home, >>>>>> > but they guess based on past activity where I am likely to go and >>>>>> > tell me >>>>>> > you long that will take as well. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Apr 1, 2015 4:40 PM, "Chris McQuistion" <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> I was thinking on the drive to work this morning how helpful it >>>>>> >> would be >>>>>> >> to have an app on my computer or phone that would give me a number, >>>>>> >> right >>>>>> >> now, for how long it will take to drive home (getting data from >>>>>> >> Google Maps >>>>>> >> or something). >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> If there was just a little window on my desk or an app on my phone >>>>>> >> that I >>>>>> >> could glance at, see that it is currently going to take 57 minutes >>>>>> >> to drive >>>>>> >> home, that would be awesome. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> If the app could also have an notification threshold to let me know >>>>>> >> when >>>>>> >> the estimated drivetime drops below a certain threshold, then that >>>>>> >> would be >>>>>> >> awesome and I would just stay at work and keep working until the >>>>>> >> estimated >>>>>> >> drivetime drops below 35 minutes >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Something like this seems like a really practical tool that a lot >>>>>> >> of >>>>>> >> people could use. If I was any kind of coder, I would whip this up >>>>>> >> and make >>>>>> >> a million dollars. Alas, I can't program my way out of a paper >>>>>> >> bag. I have >>>>>> >> ideas and I convince smart people (like Curt) to make them happen >>>>>> >> ;-) >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Of course, maybe something like this already exists and I just >>>>>> >> haven't >>>>>> >> heard of it. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> What do you think? >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> Chris >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> -- >>>>>> >> -- >>>>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> >> Groups >>>>>> >> "NLUG" group. >>>>>> >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>>>> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>> >> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> --- >>>>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> >> Groups >>>>>> >> "NLUG" group. >>>>>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> >> send an >>>>>> >> email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > -- >>>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> > Groups >>>>>> > "NLUG" group. >>>>>> > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>> > For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>>> > >>>>>> > --- >>>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> > Groups >>>>>> > "NLUG" group. >>>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> > send an >>>>>> > email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> John F. 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