Is it possible to add city/country filters on autocomplete search? Right now it shows listings from all over - https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/autocomplete#location_biasing

Once a map view port is chosen, the user could see 10 listings on first load and the others lazy load as the user scrolls below - @arjun27 thoughts?

On Messenger, it asks for location permission on each page - need to fix this

• need to be able to query the google sheets file
• need to be able to submit to the google sheets file
• explore alternatives if the above two don't work out

define what fields we input, what are their types, and show them on the UI

will be used by #3 to send data to the google sheet

need a simple to use navigation experience between the home and submit pages. all the elements are in place, they need to be put into a nicer looking UI

1. Follow link for store from the homepage.
2. Fill in useful info
3. Hit "submit"
4. Page goes white. Locally reproduced that and there's some kind of a bug with the state.

It's an issue with the current location

currently the web app is responsive, but built primarily for mobile. it would be nice to be able to have a good desktop look and feel as well.

My suspicion is that its due to the fact that we load the gmaps JS library twice

we need

• name for the website
• domain name
  • domain name integration with netlify
• optionally: icon/favicon

depends on #3

from the to-do

• Pull relevant geohash data from database and show it as Pins on the Map. Pins update as maps move

If we can do that, can add a bunch of NLP stuff to filter queries

Store selection largely is going to happen in three ways IMO

• Discovery through the pins we drop on the home-screen when the user opens up
• User explicitly indicates the name of the store by typing it in
• User applies a set of filters to discover a store on the home-map

Filters could include

• Store timings (expected to be open at "xx pm" or "for next 30 mins")
• Item availability (for e.g. Pharmacy or "has toilet paper")
• How crowded it is / Has home delivery
• Usually accurate / updated information
• Verified store contact number

going directly to /submit page does not work. we need to fix this with this doc: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#netlify

in the form, inputting the text fields is fairly simple to do. getting location input needs more work, but is critical for easy and location relevant data entry.

• we have the current location thing hooked up
• we want to have a location / address field which is powered by google maps suggestions
  • the map and the location input field should be in sync
  • this would require some react work + google maps API integration

When someone is on. the homepage, we want to group the results together by name, and ordered by time of update underneath that.

The core use-case of the product is driven by information authenticity which Google Maps currently doesn't have - what is the status of the store right now / in a while (open / closes at) and information on stocks. Information on crowds / queues is "bonus".

We need to constantly check for information authenticity - sometimes the data itself at time of entry is accurate but is now "stale" (no longer true)

We can combat this in a few ways:

• Get user who is inputting to put "expected" values (expect stocks to last till / store to be open till etc) as an explicit signal
• For entries that are questionable / entering into the stale zone, we get other consumers to ratify them
• We could hypothetically also associate a trust score with a consumer (if a lot of posts of yours in the past have been found accurate, you get a higher score and vice-versa) and surface posts of consumers with higher scores at the top. Trust score could hypothetically get also built by consumers sharing more information about themselves (connecting linkedin / sharing an ID proof etc)

We also need to find ways in which we can communicate the staleness / authenticity

• We show data in red / yellow / green depending on how close to accuracy we think it is?

quick notes on geolocation

• ideally we should not prompt for location permissions when the app is launched
  • make that more explicit
• speed up map load? seems to be stuck if the current location is not available
• race condition in updating map's center fixed!

From the to-dos file

• Show a location card on Home Screen corresponding to the chosen pin on map (or closest pin if no pin is chosen)
• Pull relevant information fields on location card from G Maps (Timings, distance, etc.)
• Pull relevant information fields on location card from DB (category, review responses organized by time)
• Add an 'Update' action on the location card that takes you to the Submit page with location pre-filled

Given that upto date & accurate information is going to be key, we can proactively seek user inputs.

Accuracy of location of store

• Seek input from any user in proximity if the store is actually there

Identify if the user is the near store (lat long verified)

• Check if the user is at the store
• Prompt for inputs - either all information / information that is not currently available
• Reward points to the user for updating

If we're focused on India, the app should show text in Hindi/Kannada, in addition to English

Google maps shows icons for stores already and clicking on them shows an info box. That should also update the selection in the form.

1. Add a clear button or select all text when cursor is placed on a filled location field
2. Currently when you start clearing text, it start autosearch again, so you think you're not cleaing anything
3. Even after clearing all text, it populates with the whole address again, so what you're typing goes to the end
4. Can we hide the small box below the Map that shows 'geolocation is not enabled'. Normally it shows lat long which is also too useful
5. When you drag maps, looks like it always returns an address and never a store name. If that's the case, we should not pre-populate the store name

Zero state = city has no results. CTA to submit the first.

Loading for search results

Loading for map

Change /submit to /update
Re-load the page when users click on 'Update a Store' from /update page

Adopting a uniform style - Update a Store CTA & Update button

• [done] branding
  • remove toilet-paper-app
• location input
• [done] share your experience flow
• UI for home page
• [done] submit button on the nav bar
• [done] timestamp - formatting, humanize

Future

• zero state for the case where city has no results
• store info
  • open or not
  • item available
  • contact
  • directions - go to gmaps
  • accuracy of data

• submit success information on the top of the form
• clear button

It seems opening the page inside iOS messenger web view doesn’t even ask for geo permissions. Need to fix that as well.

Ideally the flywheel for UGC gets kicked off if there is a user-reward.

Reward can be of different kinds:

• xx people found your post helpful
• yy people viewed your post
• zz people liked your post
• you've gotten xx points for helping so many people. Points can be used to level up to a "pro"/ "ninja" user etc