My friends drive flex and I’ve heard the routing system that is provided sucks. Half the time it makes you double back on a route when you don’t need to, and the flex app doesn’t consider your last stop when optimizing meaning u could finish your route 20 miles from your home. I’m also very surprised Google Maps does not have a route optimization feature.
I made a chrome extension that takes my multi-stop route on Google Maps and rearranges it to give the fastest, most efficient route. It basically tells me what stops I should go to in what order to ensure that I’m spending the least amount of time and gas on the road.
I posted about this tool here before and asked if I should make this into a mobile app on both iOS and Android so it can replace the current Amazon system. There was significant interest so I’m currently working on building it out and I want your thoughts! You can join the waitlist here: App Waitlist:)
Some feature plans from your feedback so far:
- optimizing for the last stop too (home)
- more accurate order
- auto importing addresses from the flex app
- information on gas cost of trip and pumps along your route
Let me know if I’m missing anything or what you would like to see!
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