no-one likes my map

[windandwaves]

Hi Folk

Posted in both PHP and HTML groups.

Have a look at
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?PL=taupo (enter any New Zealand town, well
many of them)
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?s=hukcotoku (several properties)
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?p=cot&r=150 (within a radius)

I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked. How can I make the map better and more meaningful?

Any comments greatly appreciated.

TIA

Nicolaas

[dorayme]

In article <sC*****************@news.xtra.co.nz>,
"windandwaves" <wi*********@coldmail.com> wrote:

http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked. How can I make the map better and more meaningful? Any comments greatly appreciated.

The pointers are a bit of a downer! They look like orange
balloons that have just about lost their air and about to land
(one of them - I noticed - into water!). Deflated balloons?
Perhaps something neater like a simple arrow to cheer everyone
up? When it a question of making people like things, as distinct
from efficient operation, you might need to think about these
psychological associations.

I must say, this map idea of yours is not very practical for
dial-up users that are in a bit of a hurry! But then, are poor
dial-up users the sort you want to attract anyway? Maybe you have
shrewdly and deliberately chosen.

--
dorayme

[windandwaves]

dorayme wrote:

In article <sC*****************@news.xtra.co.nz>,
"windandwaves" <wi*********@coldmail.com> wrote:

http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php

I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked. How can I make the map better and more meaningful?

Any comments greatly appreciated.

The pointers are a bit of a downer! They look like orange
balloons that have just about lost their air and about to land
(one of them - I noticed - into water!). Deflated balloons?
Perhaps something neater like a simple arrow to cheer everyone
up? When it a question of making people like things, as distinct
from efficient operation, you might need to think about these
psychological associations.

Thank you - great feedback - will look at an alternative. Perhaps a simple
+

I must say, this map idea of yours is not very practical for
dial-up users that are in a bit of a hurry! But then, are poor
dial-up users the sort you want to attract anyway? Maybe you have
shrewdly and deliberately chosen.

I am sure that most of our potential users are in med to high speed lines.
I am a medium speed line and it loads fine for me...

[Bob Long]

In news:sC*****************@news.xtra.co.nz,
windandwaves <wi*********@coldmail.com> typed:

Have a look at
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php [...] I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked.
How do you know?
How can I make the map better and more meaningful?

My point being, if you have had feedback about what people don't like about
it, won't that give you some ideas about how to improve it?

--
Bob Long

[windandwaves]

Bob Long wrote:

In news:sC*****************@news.xtra.co.nz,
windandwaves <wi*********@coldmail.com> typed:

Have a look at
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php

[...]

I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked.

How do you know?

How can I make the map better and more meaningful?

My point being, if you have had feedback about what people don't like
about it, won't that give you some ideas about how to improve it?

Not really. People just dont like. I get a "negative" vibe.

[nice.guy.nige]

While the city slept, dorayme (do************@optusnet.com.au) feverishly
typed...

I must say, this map idea of yours is not very practical for
dial-up users that are in a bit of a hurry! But then, are poor
dial-up users the sort you want to attract anyway? Maybe you have
shrewdly and deliberately chosen.

I am currently back... on dial-up, using an old modem that I found in one of
my many boxes. I am using this because I am currently lodging so obviously
cannot commit to a dsl contract! Still, this dial-up account I have doesn't
cost much less than a dsl option! So you can't read too much into that!

Cheers,
Nige

--
Nigel Moss http://www.nigenet.org.uk
Mail address will bounce. ni***@DOG.nigenet.org.uk | Take the DOG. out!
"Your mother ate my dog!", "Not all of him!"

[Chung Leong]

The main problem I see is the lag of city names. Not everyone can
pin-point where a city is located on a aerial photo--especially when
they're tourists :-)

[windandwaves]

Chung Leong wrote:

The main problem I see is the lag of city names. Not everyone can
pin-point where a city is located on a aerial photo--especially when
they're tourists :-)

Good point..

Thank you

[Steve]

On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:02:29 +1300, windandwaves wrote:

Hi Folk

Posted in both PHP and HTML groups.

Have a look at
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?PL=taupo (enter any New Zealand town, well
many of them)
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?s=hukcotoku (several properties)
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?p=cot&r=150 (within a radius)

I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked. How can I make the map better and more meaningful?

Any comments greatly appreciated.

TIA

Nicolaas

For a start off, I'd get rid of the balloons - replace them with a dot,
and then use the <a title="Dorkland" ... > attribute to display the
location for and area around it. That way you'd at least be able to see NZ
under the balloons, and get an idea of where you are. A pick list would be
good as well - just because we know where Twizel is...

Steve

[Toby Inkster]

windandwaves wrote:

http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php

I get a weird overlap:
http://examples.tobyinkster.co.uk/friars

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact

[jshanman]

windandwaves wrote:

Hi Folk

Posted in both PHP and HTML groups.

Have a look at
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?PL=taupo (enter any New Zealand town, well
many of them)
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?s=hukcotoku (several properties)
http://www.friars.co.nz/map.php?p=cot&r=150 (within a radius)

I like it, because it is simple and interactive. However, it is not
well-liked. How can I make the map better and more meaningful?

Any comments greatly appreciated.

TIA

Nicolaas

Make the links on the left side dynamicly update and re-position the
map with-out having to reload the page. That is what I am working on
doing in my map as well.

- JS
http://www.endeavorpub.com