{"id":493,"date":"2006-10-01T10:18:46","date_gmt":"2006-10-01T17:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2007-01-25T00:07:52","modified_gmt":"2007-01-25T07:07:52","slug":"beautiful-and-functional-new-blueroofcom-map-searching-interface-sets-bar-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/493\/beautiful-and-functional-new-blueroofcom-map-searching-interface-sets-bar-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful and functional: New BlueRoof.com map searching interface sets bar higher . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

BlueRoof.com has a new map searching interface<\/a>, combining a number of good ideas from other interfaces with the company’s great design sense.<\/p>\n

The interface features the slider controls seen in ShackYack.com<\/a>‘s search tool. Unlike that system, though, BlueRoof.com does not get bogged down trying to display more listings than its underlying software can handle. If your search results in too many results, you are invited to narrow it.<\/p>\n

The search area is defined by the visible portion of the map, however, which implies that, if you don’t already know where you want to be, you can’t use a relatively unfocused search to seek out neighborhoods in your price range. We’re sweltering under heat maps just now, and that would be a simple solution here.<\/p>\n

The BlueRoof.com interface uses three different kinds of house icons to indicate active listings: A green roof is MLS-listed, a blue roof is a FSBO, and a blue roof with an avatar out front is a FSBO with broker participation. This is an idea we had talked about when first we saw the ShackYack interface<\/a> — adding to it ShackYack’s idea of using color intensity as a one-glance method of comparing relative prices.<\/p>\n

Things I don’t like:<\/p>\n

I want more search tools, even if they come in a pop-down tab to make things simple for the punters.<\/p>\n

I want to be able to get a feel of the whole housing market, even if I can’t see houses without narrowing down by area.<\/p>\n

I have a huge screen, but I still get a small map. I think the page is being built to conform to BlueRoof.com’s toolbar (which is gorgeous), rather than growing to the available screen real estate.<\/p>\n

I could not get to the detail page on any house. (Mac OSX 10.4.7, Safari 2.0.4)<\/p>\n

Overall: Very pretty. I think this is the new high bar for map search interfaces. Considering the money in play at the Goliath-like realty.bot sites, BlueRoof.com is David triumphant today…
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Technorati Tags: disintermediation<\/a>, real estate<\/a>, real estate marketing<\/a><\/p>\n

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BlueRoof.com has a new map searching interface, combining a number of good ideas from other interfaces with the company’s great design sense. The interface features the slider controls seen in ShackYack.com‘s search tool. Unlike that system, though, BlueRoof.com does not get bogged down trying to display more listings than its underlying software can handle. 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