Comments on: Introducting Estately True Areas http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/ A look behind the scenes at Estately, a Seattle area real estate search startup Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:57:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Estately Blog » Estately turns one year old http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-16398 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:27:17 +0000 http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-16398 [...] Estately first launched as ShackPrices a year and a few days ago and we’ve been improving ever since. We’re looking forward to continuing to improve Estately’s real estate search in the coming year. [...] […] Estately first launched as ShackPrices a year and a few days ago and we’ve been improving ever since. We’re looking forward to continuing to improve Estately’s real estate search in the coming year. […]

]]> by: Tony Wright http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8748 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:29:12 +0000 http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8748 Wow-- slick as hell. Congrats! Wow– slick as hell.

Congrats!

]]> by: John http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8731 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:51:03 +0000 http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8731 Very nice feature guys, congrats! Very nice feature guys, congrats!

]]> by: Doug http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8715 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:10:36 +0000 http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8715 Good idea Jonathan, that's more or less what we do. We take all of our housing data that is tagged by the real estate agent as being in a neighborhood, remove the outliers (some agents love to stretch the truth to get their listings in a better neighborhood), and then programmatically draw a line around the points that are left. Drawing that line is actually what turns out to be the tricky part...and that is a secret! :) Good idea Jonathan, that’s more or less what we do. We take all of our housing data that is tagged by the real estate agent as being in a neighborhood, remove the outliers (some agents love to stretch the truth to get their listings in a better neighborhood), and then programmatically draw a line around the points that are left. Drawing that line is actually what turns out to be the tricky part…and that is a secret! :)

]]> by: Jonathan Washburn http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8714 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:41:06 +0000 http://blog.estately.com/2007/07/25/introducting-estately-true-areas/#comment-8714 This new feature is awesome! Very well done. How did you come up with the neighborhood outlines? I suppose that is a secret. :) The only way I can think of off-hand is to look at the historical neighborhood fields of the mls listings, match them with addresses, and use some type of average... This new feature is awesome! Very well done. How did you come up with the neighborhood outlines? I suppose that is a secret. :) The only way I can think of off-hand is to look at the historical neighborhood fields of the mls listings, match them with addresses, and use some type of average…

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