Trip Fuel Cost Calculator

Dustin 6/4/2008 43 Comments

So I was talking with a friend and we were figuring out the amount of money we spend on a commute to see if it is worth buying a new car for the gas savings. I was using Google Maps to determine the distance between locations. So I got the idea to create this little tool to calculate it for me. I’ve been meaning to learn the Google Maps API anyway.

DIRECTIONS: Enter the current cost of fuel, your car’s gas mileage and a start and end address to get an estimate of how much you will spend on fuel for the trip.

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norm

nothing happend; it just stayed grey.
i’m curious to see this work so let me know what i did wrong.
http://www.nerdydork.com Dustin

It tends to do that if an invalid address is entered. For example, I live on Hill Mar street, at least that is what my street sign says, but the post office and all the online services list it as Hillmar street. So if I put Hill Mar st, I don’t get results, but if I use Hillmar St. I get results.

You may just want to verify the address you are using on http://maps.google.com.
Shannon

Looking good! Sweet tool if you wanted to figure costs for a vacation.
http://www.conversion-vans.net Conversion Van Guy

Now if only it were easy to incorporate the cost of the vehicle, depreciation, wear and tear (Tires, Oil, etc.). So you could get a real cost of the trip. That is the number that might wake people up that driving all over is really more expensive than they think.
http://mortgage-calculator-loan.com Tim@Morgage calculater

Nice tool especially for estimating possible commutes like I was testing for new jobs in the Chicago area.
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This is a very good tool to use. I wonder if it would be possible to create a tool to determine how much it would cost per mileage to fly charter flights as well as commercial. It would be interesting to see what the difference would be.
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thanks for this section, i learn new things
Heather

I don’t see anything. All i see is grey screen. I did type town and state in destination point and gas miles and gas prices. I see nothing happened. Let me know!
mark

This would be nice if it was a WordPress Plugin.
Thanks.
http://www.needtires.ca Vince@auto repair centre

Nice calculator! It even works for locations here in Canada. What’s weird is the tool lets me zoom in but not back out.
Drake

All you have to do is double right click on the map, and it will zoom out. Great program by the way, I just wrote a similar program in Python. I added a place to put how many people were splitting the cost of the trip. Though mine does not use google maps. I love your program!
http://www.nerdydork.com Dustin

Neat trick Drake I didn’t realize the map had zoom in & out capabilities.
http://www.haysfirm.com/ Scott@Chicago Lawyer

Gas mileage is always a tough thing to exactly calculate but this does give you a good estimation on about how much your spending each time you drive.
http://due-date-calculator.110mb.com/ Due Date Calculator

very nice widget and also useful. hope it`s accurate as well.
P

the calcualtor worked, but you did not take into consideration other countries, only the USA.It’s no use to me as i live in the UK. I hove you will develop it further
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Itsbeababy

This is easy to use!Â Thanks for the calculations!!!
Juliste_trois

Great calculator! I really appreciate this. Thank You!
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Jamie

i wanna hurry up and go on my trip to see if this is accurrate!
Jamie

i wanna hurry up and go on my trip to see if this is accurrate!
Oldbaby65

This is great! Â Me being a woman an all – I did not know how to figure this to the point that I was comfortable with my answer! Â This is a great tool. Â Thank you!
- MathLuvinFemale
  
  Did you seriously just say that??? As if because you are a woman, you are not good at MATH, or PROBLEM SOLVING? As A woman myself, I find your comment an embarrasment, degrading, and feel sorry for you that some man has made you feel that way
Misfitkevin

Great post! I have a suggestion…. sell it to Google!!! Contact them… this is EXACTLY why people use Google maps… for trips. Â Why not add cost of gas in the program.
- Misfitkevin
  
  great program..not post. Â Thanks for your hard work.
Kevin Stamps

What would be handy is to take into consideration Car-pulling
Mendo_chick

Thanks! You know nerds are really in now, right? This was very helpful to me!
noone.

I used about three different things, and they said around 50$ for a one way trip, and would only cost about 100 for the whole trip. Kinda off a few dollars.
Whytewlf1

Sweet! Planning a long trip to Canada and this is a big help for gas mileage. The map showing my route is also a big help and an advantage over other sites I’ve seen.
CrissieNoonan

when carpooling..take the number given on cost and divide it by the number of people sharing your ride.. My navigation gave the same exact answer as this did so I seem it fairly accurate.. but that is straight to the destination and back, no running around or stopping here and there..
Gaileileen

Thanks! This is a great and stress reducing tool! : )
Emilywaldman

Thank you for the insight! Driving to SLC round trip $300 vs flying $579,
Tamaluv7

This is fantastic. I checked it against a trip that I make to Dallas every other week, just to check the accuracy. It was dead on. This is the most accurate calculator ive come across so far.
Prashant

This is a great tool. I’ve been doing this in my head; the map and actual numbers make it easy.
Jason

Thanks Dustin! Now I know I should get a motorcycle. I’m going to show MJ right now!
Melany

I’m not sure this is correct. I went from Pittsburgh, Pa to Upstate New York which took me 7hrs and cost me $192 in gas. Now it’s saying that a trip from Pittsburgh, Pa to Orlando Fl is only $149.32. hmm?
- http://NerdyDork.com nerdydork
  
  Did you happen to have fuel left in your tank when you arrived?
Jojo

this sucks
Pepsi

fuck this
Lulu

well it gave me the street naames so thank you:)
Faithharriso69

it worked for me
Jen

Awesome, so helpful, thanks!
Cara

Oh, thank you for this. Now — how about an iphone app to do the same? One that recognizes my current location, and read addresses out of my contacts list (but doesn’t share them with anyone) ?

Again – thank you — very valuable
SCI

thanks – this was very helpful driving vs. flying

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