Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/
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Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

It doesn't seem to know about Australia, assuming you're using the
ISO3166-1 country code "AU", I always get "Invalid country
specified." at the end.

Still, I'm obsessed with plotting my own routes using paper maps,
so personally I probably wouldn't use it anyway. I'm always happy
to see more plain-text internet services available though.
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On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

It doesn't seem to know about Australia,

Australia has roads? ;)
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On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

It doesn't seem to know about Australia, assuming you're using the
ISO3166-1 country code "AU", I always get "Invalid country
specified." at the end.

Still, I'm obsessed with plotting my own routes using paper maps,
so personally I probably wouldn't use it anyway. I'm always happy
to see more plain-text internet services available though.

Thanks for the feedback! This should be fixed now. Please try again.

It wanted "au" rather than "AU". I fixed the script to accept either.
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Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

It doesn't seem to know about Australia, assuming you're using the
ISO3166-1 country code "AU", I always get "Invalid country
specified." at the end.

Thanks for the feedback! This should be fixed now. Please try again.

Works! Thanks for the quick fix.

It wanted "au" rather than "AU". I fixed the script to accept either.

Ah right. A while ago I needed a program to try guessing whether
inputs match a known country. The UK was the worst: "united
kingdom", "england", "scotland", "wales", "britain", "great
britain", "london", "uk", "u k" "u.k.", "uk.", "u.k", "gb", "g b",
"g.b." ...

Yes "london" as a country name was included based on an input
encountered before!
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James Tomasino <tomasino@cosmic.voyage> wrote:

On 2022-11-10, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote:

Here's a gopher front-end for Google driving directions.

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir/

It doesn't seem to know about Australia,

Australia has roads? ;)

They're the crumbly stuff between the pot-holes. :)
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On 2022-11-11, The Free Thinker <freet@aussies.space> wrote:

Yes "london" as a country name was included based on an input
encountered before!

That's funny about using london as a country name.

I guess its population is comparable to Austria, Israel, and
Switzerland.
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