This doesn't work for Tokyo or Taipei currently :(
Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
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Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#92For the nerds, the exact name for these heatmaps is Isochrone maps [0].
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#93This is fun, living in NYC I need the opposite as well –
1. At least 2 blocks from a police station
2. At least 2 blocks from a fire station
3. At least 1 block from a bar
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#94Very nice potential in this idea. A few related use cases I would like:
- population density
- average cost per square foot
- distance from river or lake (I live in Chicago)
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#95This is an excellent concept - and it may be hard to realize but it would be worth integrating "cost of living" and "languges spoken" concerns, and then to be able to find one's perfect spot on the planet.
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#96As others have mentioned, this kinda misses a "category" filter that is not just a search. I would suggest using the osm database for this (e.g. via overpass). If the data is good (depends on the location), this is better than just a keyword search.
I also have another issue: If I put the same thing in two different criteria (with different settings), it says the heatmap parameters are invalid.
My use case is this: I want to have a big station reachable within 30 minutes by public transit and any light rail station within 10 walking minutes. But this big station could fall into both of them, which, to me should then be handled according to the set criteria (maybe just treat it as two different entities entirely, just with the same coordinates?)
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#97As others have mentioned, this kinda misses a "category" filter that is not just a search. I would suggest using the osm database for this (e.g. via overpass). If the data is good (depends on the location), this is better than just a keyword search. I also have another issue: If I put the same thing in two different criteria (with different settings), it says the heatmap parameters are invalid. My use case is this: I…
Noted, thanks!
> If I put the same thing in two different criteria (with different settings), it says the heatmap parameters are invalid.
That's odd, since the website does not differentiate places by coordinates. I think you might have been missing something else (like you clicked a "new place" button and didn't fill out that place, maybe)
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#98This 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.
I don't really understand what the search nearby places button is doing. I think the solution would be to allow some sort of OR operator (which seems straightforward), or conditions the act on generic queries (which seems more difficult). For example say you live in NYC and want some nice green space near you. Choosing a single park is too narrow and choosing all parks is too broad. So you should be able to say e.g. "Central Park OR Prospect Park OR Brooklyn Bridge Park OR Fort Greene Park", or you should be able to say "Park, > 10 acres, 4+ star google rating, has tennis court, has bike path"... the point is that not all parks, grocery stores, coffee shops, etc are equal; I need to be able to qualify them somehow.
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#99Is the only criteria travel times? I couldn't find others. Usually there's a mix of criteria that are vital when house hunting?
Re: Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences
#100I currently commute by train _and_ bike, but this only lets me filter by one or another, unfortunately. This seems to be a common problem with navigation systems in general. It's easy to get walking+transit directions, but nigh impossible to get bike+transit, even though all the buses and trains near me let me bring a bike onboard.
Citymapper will do it. Haven't personally tried the results
Yeah the "mixed" navigation option sometimes provides it, but with many caveats:
- it never suggests bike+bus, only bike+train
- it will only ever try to put the biking on one end of the train ride, never both. I guess it assumes I'd be parking the bike at the station, not bringing it on board
- you can't actually "start" the navigation for some reason. It will just show the route overview