Programming Throwdown Episode 115

Route Planning with Parker Woodward.

Take it away, Jason.

Hey, everybody.

So this is one thing that I'm sure a lot of people are wondering.

I've always wondered it.

I feel like I'm going to learn a ton today.

I'm really looking forward to it.

But, you know, when you do something like use Google Maps or Ways or any of these,

even people who remember MapQuest, you know,

it generates this path. And, you know, that is just really fascinating if you think about it.

I mean, there's an unbelievable amount, like an enormous network of roads, right? And it manages

to figure out, you know, how to do that. It takes into account

like speed limits. And it just seems like there's extraordinary complexity there. And we're actually

going to not only, you know, cover that, but even take it to the next level where in this case,

you know, what if you were driving, let's say, a UPS truck or something and you have a whole host of places you have to go to, or even maybe you have a list of errands you need to run. You know, how do we actually do that efficiently? And I think it's a fascinating, fascinating topic. We're going to dive deep into it. And I'm so lucky that we have Parker Woodward here, who is the route expert at Route for me and has a ton of experience in

this field. So thanks for coming on the show, Parker. Yeah, thanks, Jason. And don't worry,

people still actually use MapQuest. Oh, really? I was wondering actually when I said that. So it exists,

right? Well, I've seen it exists. People are still using it and people are using a host of other

things to plan the routes.

We had a customer who actually plan the routes on cocktail napkins at happy hour.

So we've seen a little bit of everything.

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