Marcanadian
Moderator
I was conversing with somebody from San Francisco on reddit that I reached out to regarding housing in the city. He's checked out the site and here's a few quick comments he sent me:
I did point out where the legend/filter buttons can be found, but maybe they're not obvious enough? Perhaps there's a different icon we can use to indicate the legend.
I've been waiting for something like your map section for a long time, but it has at least two glaring usability problems right from the start: When I loaded the map, it looked like you only had data for Kansas City and Chicago, because that's where the circles with the numbers were showing up. I was like, "Oh, too bad they don't have any data for San Francisco yet." I even zoomed in to check. It wasn't until I saw San Francisco properties in the listings that I went back and zoomed all the way in.
You should make it more clear to users viewing a zoomed-out view that the circle applies to the entire country, not just the city it happens to be placed on.
Also, I see different colored pushpins on the map but no clue as to what they colors mean. How about a legend?
You know what would be the coolest thing in the world?
If I could go to a map like this and toggle an overlay that showed buildings that are proposed / under construction.
I did point out where the legend/filter buttons can be found, but maybe they're not obvious enough? Perhaps there's a different icon we can use to indicate the legend.