Where Should We Meet Up?
How fair meeting spots work
A plain-language guide to the math behind the planner.
The short version
We do not draw triangles between friends or pick the geometric middle of the map. We look for places where nobody has an unfairly long drive, using real Google Maps drive times.
Step 1 — Search center
Everyone adds a starting address. The app averages those coordinates to decide where to look. If it’s “whose turn,” that person gets extra weight so the candidate pool shifts toward them for this hangout.
Step 2 — Nearby places
Around that center, the app searches for places that match your activity — masjid, food, cafe, park, or a custom idea — inside the meeting metro you chose.
Step 3 — Rank by the worst trip
For each candidate, we pull each person’s drive time in minutes, then sort so the longest drive is as short as possible. If two places are tied, we prefer the one with the lower average drive. When someone is favored, their minutes count a bit heavier for ranking so the app avoids making their trip the painful one.
Example: a spot that is 12 / 14 / 40 minutes loses to one that is 18 / 19 / 22, because the worst trip is shorter.
What you can say to friends
“It minimizes the longest drive, then breaks ties with the average — using real traffic drive times, not crow-flies distance.”
Try it
Open the planner to drop pins, share a group invite, and save hangout folders. Or read the privacy policy.