Google Maps and other enhancements
On Friday night we pushed out some subtle but powerful enhancements to the Rate the PLATE system.
The most prominent being the inclusion of Google MAPS on the “Leave a Rating” page. This allows members to pin-point the exact location of an incident anywhere within Australia, right down to street level. For existing ratings, you will also find a brand new “Revise” button from your my Ratings page which allows you to make changes to previously contributed ratings - this includes the ability to go back and pin-point the location using the new Google MAPS tool.
Here’s a sample of what it looks like:
We’ve also added a lot more detail to the “Leave a Rating” form which now allows you to record:
- The make of the vehicle.
- The colour of the vehicle.
- The approximate age range of the driver.
- A description of the driver.
Various tiny niggling bugs that were also identified over the past couple of months were also nailed, so the system is now cleaner and running smoother. We also made some changes to optimise performance further as demand lately has placed additional load on the hardware.
You will also notice a new tab known as Ratings. This is simply a new area that we decided to open up to allow people to browse to a specific type of incident and view all of the recent ratings for that particular type of incident. We released this due to a lot of user feedback asking us to open up more ratings, so we hope you find these new pages interesting and useful. For example, you can simply monitor all the latest reports to do with Burnouts and Donuts by just checking this page.
This is only the start of a whole wave of exciting new features that are on the way. We feel that work on the web site is never complete and there is always so much more we are just itching to do. Thanks for your patience and please stay tuned for the next round of enhancements.
How’s your driving?
Best Regards
Rate the PLATE Team.
