As the developer of an app that uses SMS as a transport medium for a WebView "browser" UI [1], I'm very appreciative of Peter Foster for hosting this service! The site design is highly compressible and text is kept to a minimum - you can usually get directions in just a few texts.
A minimalistic directions service aimed at users of feature phones/dumb phones, terminal-based browsers, low-bandwidth connections, screen readers etc. Best suited for public transport directions. No JavaScript requirements.
As someone who is currently enamored with Meshtastic devices, several of which have built in GPS, this is making me wonder of future iterations of the software and being able to somehow utilize the directions on the mesh.
k26dr 2 hours ago [-]
hey guys. love the service. paypal donations are down. wanted to donate and couldn't. just a heads up.
a456463 3 hours ago [-]
Love this! Thank you
Melatonic 3 hours ago [-]
Very cool
lostmsu 3 hours ago [-]
How exactly does this work? Does it use Gmaps API?
purplehat_ 3 hours ago [-]
Yes, to self-host it you will need a Google maps API key.
[1] https://github.com/lukeaschenbrenner/TxtNet-Browser
https://somethingaboutmaps.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/remember...
In the related links at the bottom, https://gdir.telae.net/links.html, the Git repo https://github.com/pafoster/gdir.telae.net is available along with some other cool things.