It’s not too often we get guest authors around here. And we have never had a guest author help with a “How To”, such as the f³ series. Like most abnormally large announcements on our blog I start with a capitalized HOWEVER, that changes today. The President of FBS helps out with a good one!
Improving Accuracy of Mapped Listings by Michael Wurzer
Inside the system, there are several places where the agent community can help improve the accuracy of where the listings are mapped.
Unmapped Listings. There are two functions to help increase the number of listings that are unmapped. First, each user with permission to add/change listings has a menu item called “My Unmapped Listings” that allows them to map them.
Second, whenever listings are plotted, there’s a message in the lower right corner of the map telling the user how many listings are unmapped, and users can then report them, which sends a message to the listing agent.
Mis-mapped Listings. If a user notices a specific listing that is in the wrong location, they can click on the listing on the map and “move” the listing (the link is just below the Assessor Number in the top part of the bubble). If the listing is owned by that user, the location will be changed. Otherwise, the system will send a message to the listing agent recommending they change the location and all the agent needs to do is click to accept or reject the recommended location.
With help from the agent population, we should be able to achieve the goal of 100% accuracy of listing locations.
Mike
January 29, 2010 at 8:58 am |
I never realized that reporting unmapped listings sent a note to the listing agent. Thanks Mike
January 29, 2010 at 10:18 am |
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January 29, 2010 at 11:04 am |
I 100% agree on the mapped listings issue. FlexMLS has such a powerful mapping feature that is is a pity that many agents do not correctly map their listings. I sell in a rural 2nd home market, so many times listings that are on new roads or ones that use non Google friendly addresses are not mapped correctly. Some agents want to go backwards and insist that all listings be registered properly into a MLS area, but my argument against that is, it’s not intuitive. Most agents don’t know the exact boundry between, e.g., Areas 5 and 6. So how can the consumer be expected to search that way? Kudos to flexMLS on being way out in front on this one.
March 12, 2010 at 1:30 pm |
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