[atonse]

I've been hoping for Mapbox or ESRI to come out with something robust for this!

This is going to be especially useful in vacation planning. :-)

We're already using ChatGPT and other tools to help plan a vacation overseas, but having good mapping data can help an agent figure out things like "does it make sense to go from A to B by car or train?"

With the right metadata, an agent can churn not only on the actual route planning (for a multi-city itinerary), but also things like "near this AirB&B, there are 5 public parking lots, so it'll be easy to park your car, if you do rent one"

I'm excited for this sort of spatial data to help with things like travel planning, or even "sprinkle these 5 errands into my calendar based on where you know i'll be"

[koolhead17]

ChatGPT is ages behind supporting MCP. If Mapbox gets special treatment like listed others, case might differ. :)

[r9295]

Honest question: what's the fun in travel if you remove all uncertainty?

[atonse]

The way we plan is a good mix. We leave no uncertainty when it comes to hotel rooms/AirBnBs and train/plane tickets.

For a family of four in peak season, I don’t see any appeal to not knowing where we’d sleep at night and not having that already reserved.

But within a particular destination (say we’re in X city or region for 5 days) we totally play it by ear.

That includes “let’s check out this book store and coffee shop” or “let’s rent bikes today and ride around”

It’s a good balance.

[fsloth]

Try traveling as a family of four neurotics each of them prioritizing certain predictable parameters of the environment for comfort.

The answer: you actually can enjoy travel.

Or - a predictable framework allows space for spontaneous exploration.

[cube2222]

Different people like different things about travel.

For instance, some might just want to relax in an environment far from their default, with the whole thing 100% planned so they don’t have any unnecessary stressors.

[jamesdwilson]

can you please elaborate on how this will be helpful for vacation planning? maybe i lack imagination.

[0x457]

Say you want to visit some places for sure and maybe try some restaurant that was recommended to you. You yeet your travel dates to model, it uses mapbox's mcp to find all POIs that you need and creates a detailed plan for you.

[cyanydeez]

and then you show up to the wrong address because the model swapped the address for a top golf and you wanted hot pot