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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 d
by drooby 2y ago
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"
- ghostpepper 2y agoYou might prefer a more general walkability map, eg. https://www.walkscore.com https://www.walkscore.com
- loxias 2y agoI found it was surprisingly easy to "populate with every instance of a given type". I've made a few maps based on grocery and transit where I did it by adding all >100 stores & stops.
- wilted-iris 2y agoSame, and I add one even more amorphous criteria, 'not directly next to noise pollution like an airport or highways.'
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- WiggleGuy 2y agoHello! 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.
- duskwuff 2y agoThis doesn't seem to work very well. Searching for "grocery store" netted me a set of 22 locations spread across the entire country.
- WiggleGuy 2y agoAh, you probably tried to search before the website got your location (so it couldn't bias your search). I'll make this an impossible state, thanks for bringing this up.
- abdullahkhalids 2y agoI would like to not give my location to the website. Let me just pick a city manually.
- WiggleGuy 2y agoThat's fair! See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42978067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42978067
- blehn 2y agoI 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.
- WiggleGuy 2y agoI missed this comment! > Central Park OR Prospect Park OR Brooklyn Bridge Park OR Fort Greene Park You can do this, actually. I kinda explain that here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976053 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42976053 The heatmap supports both AND and OR clauses The second one (acrage, stars, etc) is harder, you're right. The "Search nearby places" is really meant to be a convenience feature to fill your OR clauses. It works better for certain types of things. Like, sure, all parks is too broad because not all parks are equal. But use it for something like all Targets (the shopping chain) or something, and its more useful, since those are, more or less, all equal. I'm still thinking of other convenience features for places that have more nuance, like parks.
- ajross 2y ago"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.