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Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by anigbrowl »

I wanted to do this with a city I don't currently live in, but every time I did searches on specific locations it went for the nearest (bad) match to my current geographic location. It'd be nice to generalize it.

I do like that you used OSM rather than Google maps.

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by wilted-iris »

drooby wrote: post #40

This is cool but I don't think it fits my use case.. Seems like I have to pick criteria that have exact venues.. I want to pick abstract things like "walking distance from grocery", "biking distance from climbing gym" "1 hour drive to national park"

Same, and I add one even more amorphous criteria, 'not directly next to noise pollution like an airport or highways.'

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by WiggleGuy »

drooby wrote: post #40

This is cool but I don't think it fits my use case.. Seems like I have to pick criteria that have exact venues.. I want to pick abstract things like "walking distance from grocery", "biking distance from climbing gym" "1 hour drive to national park"

Hello!

To echo what loxias said, it is possible to make queries like this on the heatmap. You can use the "Search Nearby places" button - this takes in more general queries (like cafe, gym, walmart, etc) and gives you back a bunch of venues that fit that search.

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by WiggleGuy »

anigbrowl wrote: post #53

I wanted to do this with a city I don't currently live in, but every time I did searches on specific locations it went for the nearest (bad) match to my current geographic location. It'd be nice to generalize it. I do like that you used OSM rather than Google maps.

This is possible!

I should probably make the UX better. When you're on the heatmap page (or the distance matrix page), look at the top right of the screen. It shows you where it's basing its searches on, and you can override that bias with any location you like.

You only need to update it once per session - all pages and components will be updated

Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences

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Post by ajross »

drooby wrote: post #40

This is cool but I don't think it fits my use case.. Seems like I have to pick criteria that have exact venues.. I want to pick abstract things like "walking distance from grocery", "biking distance from climbing gym" "1 hour drive to national park"

"Total count of non-national-chain restaurants within a 1km walk" pretty much determines my criterion. Everything else is a once a week thing or less. The homes themselves are just a bunch of rooms, and I'm flexible. Quality of life is defined by my stomach.
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