Search Area Limit

[jasonkalmeida]

Should we be implementing a search area limit for a zip code? It's probably not a great UX to show an event another state away if there are none in your state.

Additionally, if we do put a limit and someone searches an area that has no event, what should we show them? A blank map? Or a prompt to create their own event?

[john-osullivan]

Not sure what the campaign would say here, but I imagine we'd want to default down to showing them whatever's closest. They put in a search limit, and if nothing comes up, we say that nothing matched within their area, so here's the next closest one.

In implementation terms, I imagine we'd need to keep making queries w/ larger radiuses until we eventually find something.

[joegoldbeck]

🤔 one thought is that we start with a default limit (say.. 100mi?), and then if there are no matches within that radius we give them two options

1. Expand the search radius
2. Create your own event!

[jasonkalmeida]

I think we can define this as a basic requirement.

Search Area Limit Implementation:

• Set default Mobilize search limit to 75 miles
• Upon an empty/0 event response, provide the user with a prompt with two options
  • "Expand Search" which increments the search by 75 miles
  • "Create Your Own Event" which links to the following page on Warren's official site (https://events.elizabethwarren.com/event/create/)

[joziesands]

I made a rough draft of this idea, and it's running at https://joziesands.github.io/eventmap/.

The design is still rough, but the functionality is there. This is my first React project so I wanted to make sure my methods were reasonable before I spent a lot of time on style. Any feedback is welcome.

I didn't include an button to expand the search by 75 miles exactly, but there is an active dropdown so I think it is straightforward.

[joegoldbeck]

@jasonkalmeida @joziesands should this be closed given #47?