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Information Displayed when selecting on a neighborhood #3

Open alyeung opened 9 years ago

alyeung commented 9 years ago

When selecting on a neighborhood the following could be presented: 1) WalkScore Number: https://www.walkscore.com/professional/api.php

2) Wikipedia information on neighborhood: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page a) alternative to Wikipedia information is Zillow's API: http://www.zillow.com/howto/api/APIOverview.htm

3) Commute time in mins a) calculated either as a center point of the neighborhood, b) or range: as a farthest point neighborhood(x,y) - Work Location (x,y); closest point on neighborhood(x,y)-work location (x, y)

4) Distance from work in miles / km

@darrenrm is determining if this information is displayed as a pop-up or in the left panel view

DarrenRM commented 9 years ago

I've put several of these in my write-up I've been working on. One area of confusion I've spotted is #3. On the first page we're asking the user for how long they're willing to commute, then on the next page we're attempting to give them another 'Time' estimate before they pick a home location.

If they're seeing both "30 min commute" under the summary and "17 min" underneath the time estimate they may be confused. Since one of our goals is to help show the real costs of each mode I thought we might abandon trying to do an early estimate and instead replace 'Time' with something that says 'Additional Time'.

For example, if the user is looking at the default car mode, under this area it may say something like, "Consider budgeting an additional 20-40 minutes for park & walk time. While driving may get you to your destination quickly, Seattle residents estimate needing an addition ____ to park."

alyeung commented 9 years ago

@DarrenRM - after giving it greater thought, I would agree. Since they gave an input of the maximum commute time, therefore the next page should give them information on the time estimate to the furthest neighborhoods. Fortunately, if they want to live in the work neighborhood they can easily get insights.

Also, I really like the statement you made on suggestions about budgeting additional time.