Calculate straight-line and road distances between cities using Haversine and OpenStreetMap.
npx skills add https://github.com/besoeasy/open-skills --skill city-distance
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: city-distance Source: https://github.com/besoeasy/open-skills/tree/main/skills/city-distance Command: npx skills add https://github.com/besoeasy/open-skills --skill city-distance
This Skill provides a cost-effective and API-keyless solution to calculate both the straight-line (Haversine) and road distances between two cities, and optionally identify settlements along the driving route.
Calculate the driving distance between London and Paris using the city-distance skill.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
You can calculate the distance between cities without an API key by using the Haversine formula for straight-line distance and public OpenStreetMap routing endpoints for road distance. This approach requires only Node.js or curl/jq to execute the scripts and retrieve the mileage.
Straight-line distance uses the Haversine mathematical formula to find the shortest spherical surface path between two points, while road distance leverages OpenStreetMap routing services to calculate the actual driving distance along existing infrastructure and highways.
Yes, you can identify intermediate settlements along a driving route by leveraging OpenStreetMap routing services. This allows you to list major towns encountered on the path, which is particularly useful for logistical planning and identifying potential road trip stops.
You do not strictly need Node.js to calculate road distances using OpenStreetMap, as the scripts can also be executed using curl and jq. The Skill is designed to work with either environment to query public, API-keyless endpoints for routing data.
The best free way to find driving distances is to use OpenStreetMap public routing endpoints combined with Haversine calculations. This API-keyless method provides both actual road mileage and straight-line geography, while optionally listing intermediate settlements for logistical planning.
kubiyabotRetrieve current weather and multi-day forecasts for a city via API.
liumeixinOptimize driving routes using local ring road free policies to reduce toll costs.
projectedanxGeocode locations and calculate routes via OpenStreetMap, Nominatim, and OSRM APIs.
besoeasyRetrieve current weather, forecasts, and historical data via Open-Meteo and wttr.in APIs.
