As if it wasn’t hard enough getting you guys accurate home information before, it just got a little harder. Apparently, and coincidentally a month after addresses are able to be displayed, the MLS will no longer provide latitude and longitudes in the data feed. What does this mean? Without latitude and longitude, you can’t have markers on a search map (well, you could, but it would be slow as hell because every single address would have to be manually geocoded on the fly….VERY slow). Basically, this means that it’s up to the data feed subscribers (read: me and about the 2 or 3 other people this really matters to) to find their own damn way to get them. It took a little bit of time, but I’ve come up with something that appears to work, so, problem averted for now. From what I can tell, the latitudes and longitudes appear to be pretty accurate, but we’ll keep a close eye on them.
iPhone Map Bug
Fortunately, it looks like this one is solved. There should be absolutely no map issues on the iPhone app any longer. If there is, please let me know.
Twitter Search
I updated the user interface on the Twitter Search just a bit to match the rest of the site.
News & Updates
I’ve removed the link to my blog (which was dummy for the time being anyway) and added a news and updates link. I’m not exactly sure how I want to utilize this yet, but I’ll figure out something soon.
