New Yorker Map

Consumer and social

restaurant map

SHOW HN2015

New Yorker Map

An interactive map of restaurants reviewed by the New Yorker

newforkermap.com

#restaurant reviews#new yorker#restaurant map#yelp

49points
28comments
#574of 2,565 in 2015
Top 23%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.

Design: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful idea, would bookmark it

    From 1 comment
    • Really great idea! This is one of the first things I've ever seen on here that I think I will actually bookmark and use. I'm just curious if you would mind divulging a little bit…
      realalexhomer on HN
  • Nice interactive design

    From 2 comments
    • Nice! Displaying a popup of "at a glance" info on pin rollover would be a nice feature.
      vdnkh on HN
    • I upvoted, but it would be nice to be able to see less of a map (which forces the user to click on each dot) and maybe a list of the restaurants on the side, perhaps ranked in…
      danso on HN

Objections

  • Site hit serving quota limit

    From 1 comment
    • "This application is temporarily over its serving quota. Please try again later."
      klunger on HN
  • Queens restaurant count may be incomplete due to address handling

    From 2 comments
    • Eight restaurants reviewed in Queens in twenty years. If Queens were its own city, it'd be the fourth largest in the nation -- just ahead of Houston and not far behind Chicago.…
      bradleyjg on HN
    • I wonder if that's accurate. One of the big differences between Queens vs the rest of NYC is in the way postal addresses are handled. In Manhattan every single address ends with…
      CPLX on HN

Requests

  • Price filter

    From 1 comment
  • Popup info on pin hover

    From 1 comment
    • Nice! Displaying a popup of "at a glance" info on pin rollover would be a nice feature.
      vdnkh on HN
  • List view alongside map

    From 1 comment
    • I upvoted, but it would be nice to be able to see less of a map (which forces the user to click on each dot) and maybe a list of the restaurants on the side, perhaps ranked in…
      danso on HN
  • Add NYT reviews and other publications

    From 2 comments
    • I upvoted, but it would be nice to be able to see less of a map (which forces the user to click on each dot) and maybe a list of the restaurants on the side, perhaps ranked in…
      danso on HN
    • Thanks for the upvote! I really like the idea of combining reviews from different publications on one map, especially with a filter to specify which ones to make visible.
      reedk on HN

Questions

  • How the project was built

    From 2 comments
    • Really great idea! This is one of the first things I've ever seen on here that I think I will actually bookmark and use. I'm just curious if you would mind divulging a little bit…
      realalexhomer on HN
    • I'd be interested to find out details of how you did this. It is a really neat idea and I wished you had it for my city!
      Omnipresent on HN
  • How closed restaurants were determined

    From 1 comment
    • How did you check to see which locations are currently closed?
      hanniabu on HN

Alternatives named

  • Yelp

    From 1 comment
    • I upvoted, but it would be nice to be able to see less of a map (which forces the user to click on each dot) and maybe a list of the restaurants on the side, perhaps ranked in…
      danso on HN
  • NYT restaurant reviews

    From 1 comment
    • I upvoted, but it would be nice to be able to see less of a map (which forces the user to click on each dot) and maybe a list of the restaurants on the side, perhaps ranked in…
      danso on HN

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