The more feedback I get from users, the more it looks like we need some way of customizing the map that shows on your homepage:

- how many places to show/how far back in time to go
- autozoom into where I am now, or stay a bit further out.
- maybe restrict to a single trip, or show your full history.

Right now, it uses an algorithm that tries to show where you are and some of where you've been. Unfortunately, some people write lots of stuff before they leave so it stays zoomed in on their home town. Or maybe they write tons of small entries every day, so the map only goes back a couple weeks. Or maybe they decide to ride their bike across the sahara and stick in Every Small Village along the way, resulting in a map with 500 points on it (thanks again for the load test, Roel!)

It's just not that easy to have a single algorithm that works for every scenario. Maybe it would be best just to let you pick.

Let me know what you guys think.

Jason

written by  Jason Kester on April 14, 2007