Join the 204 members and add to the 1626 trips already recorded.
Good job showing me that it's an active community and that people are obviously actually using the site (8 trips per user sounds impressive - makes me think "ok, people come back to this multiple times, it must be good").
I like the map graphic at the top. HOWEVER, when I click the "map" link in the header, I see... a big empty map. Huh? The graphic on the home page showed a bunch of pins, so now I'm confused. Ok, I see "draw path" so I click on that and try to draw, but the map moves. Ok, I click a point, then another and another. Now what? Ok, stop drawing. Now what? I'm stuck here. And my only escape seems to be the back button, since I don't see any nav.
I'm not asking ou to tell me what to do, merely suggesting you make it MUCH more clear how that page works..
The map has zero instructions which I agree is totally opaque. The idea is for the map to be used to plan trips with others; someone can zoom in or search for the area they want to take a trip in, trace a route over the topographic map, and then copy and paste the pushState-updated URL to their friend. Here's an example of the trip I'm taking this weekend:
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Join the 204 members and add to the 1626 trips already recorded.
Good job showing me that it's an active community and that people are obviously actually using the site (8 trips per user sounds impressive - makes me think "ok, people come back to this multiple times, it must be good").
I like the map graphic at the top. HOWEVER, when I click the "map" link in the header, I see... a big empty map. Huh? The graphic on the home page showed a bunch of pins, so now I'm confused. Ok, I see "draw path" so I click on that and try to draw, but the map moves. Ok, I click a point, then another and another. Now what? Ok, stop drawing. Now what? I'm stuck here. And my only escape seems to be the back button, since I don't see any nav.
I'm not asking ou to tell me what to do, merely suggesting you make it MUCH more clear how that page works..
Thanks for the feedback!
The map has zero instructions which I agree is totally opaque. The idea is for the map to be used to plan trips with others; someone can zoom in or search for the area they want to take a trip in, trace a route over the topographic map, and then copy and paste the pushState-updated URL to their friend. Here's an example of the trip I'm taking this weekend:
http://wenthiking.com/map?lat=44.87548303572588&lng=-122...
I like the map too, great way to utilize a 3rd party api as a major design element on the page - in a very appropriate way. Really cool idea!