2012
Victoria Rental Map is a Web-based visualization that shows apartments for rent in Victoria, in relation to bus routes to the University of Victoria. The idea behind this was to allow renters to make more informed decisions about where they live, which the goal to make it easier to go to and from UVic.
This work was done in collaboration with Lars Grammel.
This tool is available on the web now at victoria.rentalmap.co, and the source code for the user interface, Breeze, is available on GitHub.
Mentions:
- Apartment hunting in Victoria? There’s a web app for that (Victoria News)
- UVic map tool targets renter scramble (UVic Communications)
- Hunters create rental treasure map (Monday Magazine)
- Online map tool targets renter scramble (The Ring, UVic)
- Apartment hunting in Victoria? There’s a web app for that (Sooke News Mirror)
- Housing in Victoria (UVic Centre for Studies in Religion and Society)
- UVic students develop online mapping tool for renters (Tectoria blog)
2 comments
Kazem
August 23, 2012 at 5:28 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Jamie: This is a cool application as there is a real need for it. I’m just wondering if you guys had chance to check padmapper website:
https://www.padmapper.com/
Jamie Starke
August 23, 2012 at 9:47 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Kazem: Ya, I saw padmapper, it is definitely a cool tool, but I see them as fitting into different spaces.
Padmapper works with general purpose listing services that are more world wide.
RentalMap is designed on a more local scale to provide more relevant local listings.
If you’d like to discuss any of this over a coffee, let me know