Discover how far you can travel on land from a fixed point. Specify the start point, then input either how far you can go or your mode of transport with time available. This tool will then show you the range of locations that you can reach in that time on and isochrone map.

[11th July 2018] Unfortunately, due to a large price increase in back-end services, we can no longer provide this page.

Options

Units of measurement km miles (1) Enter an Address (2A) Speed 0 KPH 120 KPH And Time : minutes OR (2B) How far can you travel km (Optional) Choose Processing Speed Vs Accuracy Very Accurate (slow) Medium Accurate (medium speed) Rough (fast) Avoid Highways? Avoid Tolls? Show Markers? Mode of Transport? Walking (good for short distances) Driving Bicycle Public Transport Show Roads Reached Fill Colour: Transparent Search Clear Map Google Earth KML Output - Feedback is welcome as this will most likely have bugs Once you have a radius on the map : URL to link back - Feedback is welcome as this will most likely have bugs Use this URL to link to this map :

How to use the How Far Can I Travel Tool

You do not need to interact with the map as it will move and resize depending on what you input. To start with, input an address / location in to option 1. Remember, the entire world has to be searched to find this location so make it precise. For example "123 Example Road, ExCity, Excountry" is a good method.

Next you need to indicate the total road distance you can travel. This can be done in two ways:

2A : By inputting a speed of travel and a travel time. For example you may wish to walk for 60 mins.

2B : By inputting a distance. For example you wish to find somewhere 50km away.

Optional, Specify how accurate you want the results to be. Accuracy can be low medium or high. This will result in the tool running faster or slower (more accurate means more time needed). If you find your web browser becoming slow of even crashing you are advised to lessen the accuracy.

Then click [Search] and wait a short time for the start point and all points on the perimeter of your range to be displayed.

Hover over a perimeter marker to see it's road distance from the start point and the as the crow flies distance. Click on a marker to see the address of any nearby locations.

You can then export the area to KML file with or without endpoints. Endpoints are the yellow pins that appear inside Google Earth

About

The How Far Can I Travel tool has been developed after requests by numerous people all of whom had different applications for it but all asked for a similar thing. "Instead of a radius as the crow flies, can you do a radius as the car drives" was the most popular way of explaining this. Please get in contact to report bugs or suggest improvements.

Version History

5th December 2017 : Version 5.1 - Fixed issue with KML polylines not closing correctly

5th September 2017 : Version 5.0 - Optimisations name

5th September 2017 : Version 4.11 - New option to avoid toll roads

16th July 2017 : Version 4.10 - New option to Export KML with polygon and roads travelled

29th March 2017 : Version 4.9 - Time input changed from hours to minutes

15th February 2017 : Version 4.8 - Fixed bug with KML output

6th October 2016 : Version 4.7 - New option - Show Roads Reached - highlights the roads that can be used to reach the drivetime area

30th January 2016 : Version 4.6 - Added transparent fill option

7th January 2016 : Version 4.5 - Small improvement to search algorithm to help deal with coastlines better

22nd March 2015 : Version 4.4 - Fill colour can now be changed

16th January 2015 : Version 4.3 - Added Public transport to the list of travel modes

10th September 2014 : Version 4.2 - Find ZIP Codes inside the area option removed - The new User Menu replaces this functionality

15th July 2014 : Version 4.1 Multiple areas can now be added Improved algorithm to prevent 'cross-over'

10th July June 2014 : Version 4.0 Improved search algorithm New option to select mode of travel (walking, cycling, driving) Now shows percent complete during processing

26th June 2014 : Version 3.2 - New option to Find ZIP Codes inside the area

23rd January 2014 : Version 3.1 - Added Full Screen option

13th November 2013 : Version 3.0 - Google Maps API V3 Implemented

13th June 2012 : Version 2.9 - URL generated now includes the settings for avoid highways and show end markers

27th September 2011 : Version 2.8 - URL generated now includes the units (km/miles)

27th July 2011 : Version 2.7 Added notification when processing is finished Added option to show/hide markers Added option to switch between km and miles

29th June 2011 : Version 2.6 - Added avoid highways option

21st September 2010 : Version 2.5 - Added miles output on each markers's hover over event

17th August 2010 : Version 2.4 - Added export to KML with End Points option.

29th July 2010 : Version 2.3 - Added URL output to allow you to send a link with your map criteria to someone else.

10th March 2010 : Version 2.2 - Added export to KML option.

31st January 2010 : Version 2.1 - Increased maximum range to 999km instead of 99km.

22nd December 2009 : Version 2.0 - New option allowing user to specify how fast or slow (inverse to accuracy) they wish the tool to run.

25rd November 2009 : Version 1.4 - Added notification when address is not found. Before this nothing seemed to happen on screen.

23rd November 2009 : Version 1.3 - Added nearby location text upon clicking a perimeter marker

23rd November 2009 : Version 1.2 - Fixed JavaScript error in Internet Explorer

22nd November 2009 : Version 1.1 Corrected units issue Added as the crow flies output to the tooltip for each marker.

22nd November 2009 : Version 1.0

Future Improvements and Ideas