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codeforamerica / ebt-near-me

A mobile app that shows the nearest places you can use an EBT card nationwide.
http://ebtnearme.org
MIT License
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ATM: Distinguish between ATMs and POS locations #47

Open fureigh opened 9 years ago

fureigh commented 9 years ago

"An ATM is standalone, but a POS requires going to the cashier and may not be readily visible at the location." Set user expectations accordingly.

  1. Check whether and how this is currently represented in the data.
  2. If it's represented in the data, figure out how best to convey it.
  3. Implement. :)
daguar commented 9 years ago

This is represented in the data. Note: important to look at all columns, because some POS require a purchase.

Anecdotally, though, one person told me when they were on CalWORKS they would go to Lucky Supermarket (a POS, not an ATM) to get their cash out as the limit was high ($300).

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Fureigh notifications@github.com wrote:

"An ATM is standalone, but a POS requires going to the cashier and may not be readily visible at the location." Set user expectations accordingly.

  1. Check whether and how this is currently represented in the data.
  2. If it's represented in the data, figure out how best to convey it.
  3. Implement. :)

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/fureigh/ebt-near-me/issues/47.

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fureigh commented 9 years ago

Cool, thanks! Typed the above when I didn't have immediate access to the data. :)

In the current table, device_type is either 'ATM' or 'POS'. Planning to show both (rather than assuming users want only ATMs) and figure out how to visually distinguish them.

service_code is 'CASH', 'PURCHASE REQUIRED' or (most often) blank. @daguar, do you know what 'CASH' or a blank mean in this context?

(/me goes to search Slack for your impressive dogfooding)