What revisions/additions would you like to see to the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry? - The Chainlink2024-03-28T19:17:05Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/what-revisionsadditions-would?groupUrl=chainlinkbikethefttaskforce&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A593433&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt seems to be a little more…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-09-10:2211490:Comment:5934332012-09-10T14:08:05.436ZFar'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63https://thechainlink.org/profile/JamesBlackHeron
<p>It seems to be a little more user-friendly than the last time I tried searching.</p>
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<p>If I enter "Jamis Beatnik" I get 15 results to go through one-by-one. I can see that color is pretty difficult as it dependent not only on the user's entry, but spelling or combinations as well. Having the color right next to the search results makes them much easier to go through though. </p>
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<p>One of the 15 results for "Jamis Beatnik" is a …</p>
<p>It seems to be a little more user-friendly than the last time I tried searching.</p>
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<p>If I enter "Jamis Beatnik" I get 15 results to go through one-by-one. I can see that color is pretty difficult as it dependent not only on the user's entry, but spelling or combinations as well. Having the color right next to the search results makes them much easier to go through though. </p>
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<p>One of the 15 results for "Jamis Beatnik" is a <a href="http://chicago.stolenbike.org/node/190746">2008 Trek 1000</a> which happens to have a note in the listing that "My Jamis Beatnik was stolen at the same time." I can imagine that the number of spurious results that create more hits would go up as other, more common, search terms are used.</p> Currently, brand and model se…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-09-10:2211490:Comment:5934992012-09-10T13:31:27.384ZJustin B Newmanhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JustinBNewman
<p>Currently, brand and model searches work quite well. Color is probably the biggest challenge, because it's currently a "user entered" field, which allows someone to enter "pink & black" rather than having to pick just pink or blank. The down side is that you get things like "pink, blk, wht". Which isn't much help. </p>
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<p>That said...</p>
<p>Here's a draft, built to attempt to respond to your request: …</p>
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<p>Currently, brand and model searches work quite well. Color is probably the biggest challenge, because it's currently a "user entered" field, which allows someone to enter "pink & black" rather than having to pick just pink or blank. The down side is that you get things like "pink, blk, wht". Which isn't much help. </p>
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<p>That said...</p>
<p>Here's a draft, built to attempt to respond to your request: </p>
<p><a href="http://chicago.stolenbike.org/bike-search-working" target="_blank">http://chicago.stolenbike.org/bike-search-working</a></p>
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<p>Does this do what you're asking? (Note this is just a draft; the URL will change if it's brought into production). </p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>James BlackHeron said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/what-revisionsadditions-would?groupUrl=chainlinkbikethefttaskforce&commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A593304&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#2211490Comment593304"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I would like to quickly and easily search a bike I"m thinking of buying (say on CL) for brand/model/color and quickly come up with a GO/NO-GO on whether it is stolen or is likely to be a match requiring further research. Searching by Serial Number at that poit would be nice too.</p>
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<p>Being able to do all this at point-of-sale would be a huge bonus so a mobile interface would be ultra-special. </p>
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</blockquote> I would like to quickly and e…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-09-09:2211490:Comment:5933042012-09-09T22:17:52.912ZFar'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63https://thechainlink.org/profile/JamesBlackHeron
<p>I would like to quickly and easily search a bike I"m thinking of buying (say on CL) for brand/model/color and quickly come up with a GO/NO-GO on whether it is stolen or is likely to be a match requiring further research. Searching by Serial Number at that poit would be nice too.</p>
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<p>Being able to do all this at point-of-sale would be a huge bonus so a mobile interface would be ultra-special. </p>
<p>I would like to quickly and easily search a bike I"m thinking of buying (say on CL) for brand/model/color and quickly come up with a GO/NO-GO on whether it is stolen or is likely to be a match requiring further research. Searching by Serial Number at that poit would be nice too.</p>
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<p>Being able to do all this at point-of-sale would be a huge bonus so a mobile interface would be ultra-special. </p> I would be interested in know…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-09-09:2211490:Comment:5932662012-09-09T21:15:05.845ZJustin B Newmanhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JustinBNewman
<p>I would be interested in knowing how folks use (or would like to use) the Registry. Do you find yourself paging through the listings? Looking at the calendar? Using search? We've gotten pretty good feedback re: mapping and searching, but not much about browsing.</p>
<p>I'm aware there's a desire for mobile friendly, and perhaps printer friendly (Swap-o-Rama "cheat sheet").</p>
<p>Other thoughts about the "user experience"?</p>
<p>I would be interested in knowing how folks use (or would like to use) the Registry. Do you find yourself paging through the listings? Looking at the calendar? Using search? We've gotten pretty good feedback re: mapping and searching, but not much about browsing.</p>
<p>I'm aware there's a desire for mobile friendly, and perhaps printer friendly (Swap-o-Rama "cheat sheet").</p>
<p>Other thoughts about the "user experience"?</p> Yesterday, I spotted a mappin…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-08-10:2211490:Comment:5819222012-08-10T14:41:20.429ZThunder Snowhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Thunder_Snow
<p>Yesterday, I spotted a mapping error, which Kevin quickly fixed. An address that was clearly in Wicker Park showed up on the Google Map as being in the center of the Loop, the result of the theft victim adding "the Wood Street side" in the address field. I'm suggesting we structure the address fields tighter to prevent this, possibly providing a text box for helpful comments like "the Wood Street side" that could be read by humans but ignored by Google. Pull down fields for block numbers…</p>
<p>Yesterday, I spotted a mapping error, which Kevin quickly fixed. An address that was clearly in Wicker Park showed up on the Google Map as being in the center of the Loop, the result of the theft victim adding "the Wood Street side" in the address field. I'm suggesting we structure the address fields tighter to prevent this, possibly providing a text box for helpful comments like "the Wood Street side" that could be read by humans but ignored by Google. Pull down fields for block numbers (100, 1200, 5200, etc.) plus pull down fields for direction (N, S, E or W) and pull downs for street names (so you always get "Wood Street" and never "Wode Street"). The complexity arises, of course, if you deal with suburban thefts as well, where a different street database would have to load as soon as you provide a town name or zip code, so this is perhaps not practical.</p>
<p>The ability to filter map results into user configurable reports would be good. We might like to see all the thefts in our ward for the alderman to see, or a specific police beat for a CAPS meeting. We might like to see the monthly trend over a year in one area or be able to see just where angle grinders are cutting U-Locks this week. Right now, thefts in close geographical proximity, but spread out over many years, just clutter the results without being useful.</p>
<p>It might be useful to be more specific with lock brands and models, to see if a particular Kryptonite or Abus is being regularly defeated. This would be a problem if we were sponsored/funded by a lock company who wouldn't want to be called out on a defective lock, but I don't think we are funded. (Have we tried to get them to spring for bucks? A stolen bike registry would seem to be a natural charity for Abus or Masterlock I should think. Kryptonite's already hooked up with a national registry.)</p>
<p>These comments relate only to mapping and theft trend-seeking. The more important changes, to quickly match up a suspect bike that shows up at a swap meet or bike shop, are more important and have been suggested by others, above.</p>
<p>Just my two cents.</p> Sorry I wasn't Following this…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-07-26:2211490:Comment:5753982012-07-26T16:55:01.286ZTony Adamshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/TonyAdams
<p>Sorry I wasn't Following this and forgot that group messages don't show up on the front page.</p>
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<p>I do not know drupal <em>per se</em>, but I've worked on sites that use it and on a couple of occasions did a drupal upgrade on those sites. It was tedious and a PITA, but I got the job done.</p>
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<p>If you are looking for volunteers, I'd be happy to give it a shot, especially if you are at the point of hiring the job out - but I'm pretty swamped so I would not be able to get…</p>
<p>Sorry I wasn't Following this and forgot that group messages don't show up on the front page.</p>
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<p>I do not know drupal <em>per se</em>, but I've worked on sites that use it and on a couple of occasions did a drupal upgrade on those sites. It was tedious and a PITA, but I got the job done.</p>
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<p>If you are looking for volunteers, I'd be happy to give it a shot, especially if you are at the point of hiring the job out - but I'm pretty swamped so I would not be able to get to it in a very timely manner.</p> Do you know drupal Tony?tag:thechainlink.org,2012-07-26:2211490:Comment:5752312012-07-26T02:53:47.286Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
<p>Do you know drupal Tony?</p>
<p>Do you know drupal Tony?</p> Resurrecting the thread to di…tag:thechainlink.org,2012-07-25:2211490:Comment:5750042012-07-25T16:55:06.101ZTony Adamshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/TonyAdams
<p>Resurrecting the thread to discuss the Drupal upgrade mentioned here: <a href="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/comrade-cycles-may-have-recovered-another-stolen-bike-1?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A549013&page=2#comments" target="_blank">http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/comrade-cycles-may-have-recovered-another-stolen-bike-1?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A549013&page=2#comments</a></p>
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<p>A drupal upgrade can be non-trivial, but it isn't exactly rocket science.</p>
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<p>Resurrecting the thread to discuss the Drupal upgrade mentioned here: <a href="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/comrade-cycles-may-have-recovered-another-stolen-bike-1?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A549013&page=2#comments" target="_blank">http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/comrade-cycles-may-have-recovered-another-stolen-bike-1?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A549013&page=2#comments</a></p>
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<p>A drupal upgrade can be non-trivial, but it isn't exactly rocket science.</p>
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<p>Is bikegeeks no longer a thing? Or are the drupal people no longer available?</p> Bob Kastigar wrote:> Would…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-09-17:2211490:Comment:4518782011-09-17T19:51:54.646Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
Bob Kastigar wrote:<br/>> Would it be possible to set up and automatic email post to users who want to register for this?<br/>><br/>> The option could be to send the email with each new posting, or to seen a daily or weekly digest?<br/>><br/>> Unless someone checks frequently (I don't) many aren't even aware of new stolen bike entries.<br/>><br/>> Thanks.<br/>><br/>
Bob Kastigar wrote:<br/>> Would it be possible to set up and automatic email post to users who want to register for this?<br/>><br/>> The option could be to send the email with each new posting, or to seen a daily or weekly digest?<br/>><br/>> Unless someone checks frequently (I don't) many aren't even aware of new stolen bike entries.<br/>><br/>> Thanks.<br/>><br/> My most basic desire is to ha…tag:thechainlink.org,2011-03-16:2211490:Comment:3051572011-03-16T04:08:29.137Zh' Zerocatshttps://thechainlink.org/profile/H3N3
My most basic desire is to have the color visible in the first view after searching a model.<br />
E.g. if you search "Jamis" the first page of hits should have the color field immediately visible.<br />
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=maybe= the size field too.
My most basic desire is to have the color visible in the first view after searching a model.<br />
E.g. if you search "Jamis" the first page of hits should have the color field immediately visible.<br />
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=maybe= the size field too.