Let users choose where they audit

[misaugstad]

Some users will want to specifically audit the block that they live on (at least one user has emailed recently about this). Would be nice to drop into a particular location in the same way you can on Google Maps.

[jonfroehlich]

This came up a lot during our class session with students as well.

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[manaswisaha]

I think Aditya started working on it partially from the admin dashboard side - dropping directly into a specific pano. Dropping to a specific address has been a common request in the past as well. I would assume we could utilize Google Maps’ address lookup process somehow.

[misaugstad]

Right, forgot to mention that we have an endpoint to go directly to a lat-lng coordinate, but we also need to know the street_edge_id beforehand. Shouldn't be hard to also search for the closest street edge to a lat-lng to get rid of that requirement. That would allow us to at least send someone a URL to a location, but wouldn't allow users to find it themselves. Looking for something like what @Manaswis suggested :)

[jonfroehlich]

One user emailed us about this and said:

I put in Delridge, and it takes me to a neighborhood close by. I would like to put in a notice about garbage, food & waste, and recycle cans on Holden St SW. Garbage p/u is on Tuesdays. There are 30 to 60 receptables, blocking the sidewalk from Tuesdays to sometimes Fridays from residents not p/u their cans. This is in front of the Valtera Townhomes. Address start with 42-- SW Holden St. I have complained to the city before with not results. Hopefully you can point me in the correct direction to report these.

[misaugstad]

As @jonfroehlich mentioned in #2325 people are still requesting more control over where they audit

[jonfroehlich]

I could see us implementing this in two ways: 1. You drop a pin or avatar where you want to audit and the navigation map no longer tells you where to go but just says something like “open exploration”. Could also show which roads have been audited in that map (if we want to give more feedback). 2. We precalculate routes. User mouses over and selects the route they want in their neighborhood. Option 1 seems easiest and probably best? Also, this would be a new mission type.

[misaugstad]

I think that similar to dropping a pin would be entering an address into a text box (like you do in Google Maps). These definitely aren't mutually exclusive.

Why would this need to be a new mission type though? I think that the easiest version of this is that you pick where you want to start using this method, then you continue auditing as normal.

[jonfroehlich]

I think that similar to dropping a pin would be entering an address into a text box (like you do in Google Maps). These definitely aren't mutually exclusive.

Sure, we could offer both and they represent two different HCI paradigms: search and direct manipulation. I like the drag-and-drop avatar technique that Google Maps uses for GSV placement because it's highly interactive but I imagine the text box could be easier to implement as a proof-of-concept.

Why would this need to be a new mission type though? I think that the easiest version of this is that you pick where you want to start using this method, then you continue auditing as normal.

Good point. This would be easiest (but we could explore a true open explorer option too). Probably still want it to be labeled as a different mission type for tracking purposes though, right?

[misaugstad]

Good point. This would be easiest (but we could explore a true open explorer option too). Probably still want it to be labeled as a different mission type for tracking purposes though, right?

Hmm not sure. I think it makes a lot of sense for the truly open exploration to have a different mission type. Not sure just choosing a starting location should have that though. They can already choose a neighborhood and jump to a different (randomized) part of the neighborhood. Not sure how much different it is to choose a particular street.

[jonfroehlich]

Gotcha. As long as we're able to analyze how often this "feature" was used and how user behavior was different when choosing a location... Jon

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[misaugstad]

For sure. There should be a lower effort way to log that this was how their location was chosen.

[mcdoerr]

Thinking about the entry point for this -- I think that since most users will not want to choose where they audit, we should make the entry point not super bulky. Here's a mock of what I was thinking:

This link will lead to a separate page, which has a map to drop a pin on (Still working on the mock for that). After the user drops a pin, we'll calculate the closest street to their pin, and ask them if this is the street they want (will make another mock for this). If not, we show them the map again to drop another pin. If it is the street they want, we pass in the parameter to the audit page and send them back.
As an extension, I could see that people might want to choose where to turn so that they can follow a route they follow in real life.

[mcdoerr]

Here's a rough mock of the "Drop a pin" page (the scaling and fonts will follow the general style in the actual page). I think that MapBox will work the best for this approach. Would love some feedback too!

[misaugstad]

What if instead of dropping a pin, we displayed the road network we have on the map? You can see the previously audited streets on /labelMap, but what if we just included all streets and then let the user pick a street to audit?

Since we'd already be making that selection for them after they picked a point anyway, this would make it more clear what they are choosing. Probably better than them thinking that they've chosen a specific point and instead got dropped at the end of the street. Plus we have the benefit of already knowing how to display the streets, and all we have to do is make them selectable!

This could then be augmented in the future if someone wanted to choose a whole series of streets that they wanted to audit! That would be for a future PR. But choosing a set of streets to audit would not be totally incompatible with how our front-end is organized right now. It wouldn't require the monumental restructure that a fully open-world auditing experience would.

[misaugstad]

I also think that "try a custom mission" might seem a little bit too flashy for what this is. Well, I guess I mean that a lot of people will think "ooo, custom mission!" and get there and realize that it's something that required local knowledge and they don't really care about the location they audit. The language should probably just be more specific about what they're doing. Something more like "Have a specific street you want to audit in <city name>?". Could probably use some polish.

[mcdoerr]

Yeah, I like that idea. So we would show the set of streets to the user, and as they hover maybe it would bold or something like that. Then, on a click it would select that whole street. I'll come up for a mock for that soon, I think that we might want to make some display changes from /labelMap, since without the labels the black looks quite harsh.

I also agree with your point about the "Try a custom mission". How about "Choose your start location"? What do you think about the location of the link @misaugstad ?

[jonfroehlich]

I like this too. And great ideas Maddie!

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 9:35 AM mcdoerr ***@***.***> wrote: Yeah, I like that idea. So we would show the set of streets to the user, and as they hover maybe it would bold or something like that. Then, on a click it would select that whole street. I'll come up for a mock for that soon, I think that we might want to make some display changes from /labelMap, since without the labels the black looks quite harsh. I also agree with your point about the "Try a custom mission". How about "Choose your start location"? What do you think about the location of the link @misaugstad <https://github.com/misaugstad> ? — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1702 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAML55MKHWHF3JDVYA3CFX3TIW73TANCNFSM4HJZ672Q> .

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[mcdoerr]

Alright, I coded up the entry point and here is a before/after:

Before

After

Changes made: added in link to the choose your location page, centered the text and added padding around the sides. I thought it looked a little strange before but if there is a good reason that it looked that way let me know. Would appreciate any feedback!

[misaugstad]

Great, thanks! I might go with "or choose you start location"..? Idk, not sure I'm sold on that either. I like it though :)

[mcdoerr]

Yeah, I'm not sold on the wording either. I was thinking maybe like "Choose your start location instead"?

[misaugstad]

Ooo wait how about this... What about moving the text below the OK button, centering the OK button, and then I think the "or choose your start location" would make more sense

[mcdoerr]

Oh yes that's a good idea. I'll move some things around and post a screenshot here!

[misaugstad]

Closing via #3150