You can read rating descriptions for the entryway and bathroom below, but this video explains it best. It's short and provides important background especially for able-bodied people who may not have experience being around people using wheelchairs, power chairs or scooters. We here at AXS Map firmly believe that everyone can contribute ratings to AXS Map. This video should give you all the background you need. As AXS Map develops, we intend to create more training videos which will make your ratings even better. Stay tuned!
Consider the following criteria when rating an entryway:
Remember reviews are subjective. There’s no wrong answer. Criteria for one star versus five stars may vary between volunteers. Because AXS Map is a crowd-sourced database, your unique perspective and insight is greatly appreciated.
Consider the following criteria when rating a bathroom:
Remember reviews are subjective. There’s no wrong answer. Criteria for one star versus five stars may vary between volunteers. Because AXS Map is a crowd-sourced database, your unique perspective and insight is greatly appreciated.
No. AXS Map pulls from Google Places database to populate it’s maps. Google Places is working actively and diligently to catalogue every business everywhere all across the world. They do an amazing job and we rely on them. If a place is missing, we recommend submitting an inquiry to the great team at Google.
No, You do not. AXS Map is already populated with an index of businesses that we pull from Google Maps. This database of places is called 'Google Places'. By using this database, all the information on a business is already there and easy to use. In fact from our business location page which shows all the reviews for the business, you may also click a link to access the business on Google Places where you will find information on their hours of operation and other details. This also means that Google Places keeps their database current by adding new businesses and indicating when businesses close shop.
Soon, we will be launching a merchandise store. But for now, please contact [email protected]. We'll let you know about pricing and other details.
Because AXS Map is new, there are still a lot of places that need to be reviewed. This is where you and your friends come in! We need communities to band together to map their neighborhoods. We started a special tool to help you and your community do this. It's called the 'Mapathon' tool, you should check it out! Basically it works like this: to jumpstart your community we recommend having an event and getting a lot of people together to go out and strategically conquer the neighborhood. If you don't want to start one, you can join one- we offer all the tools for you to make it happen. Check out the Mapathons page here.
Absolutely! If you have been to a place and have a good memory of it (perhaps it's a place you frequent) feel free to give a review! We encourage this.
No, you do not need to join in order to use AXS Map. Without joining, you will still be able to see all the reviews on AXS Map, and you will have full access to everything on our maps. But if you would like to give reviews (and we hope that you do!) we will need you to join first. Joining is free and easy. You’ll just need to give an email address, a password, and a few brief items. We will not share this information with anyone. You can remain anonymous if you please. And we will not send anything to your email unless you select to receive our newsletter.
There are a few ways to find a place on AXS Map. On the main landing page for AXS Map there are two search boxes. If you are looking for ‘Joe’s Coffee’ in Biloxi, Louisiana, then you would type in ‘Joe’s Coffee’ in the box to the left and ‘Biloxi, Louisiana’ in the box on the right. If you are in a dense city like New York City it is helpful to type in the name of the location on the left and a nearby address or the actual address in the righthand box. Another approach is to just to type on the left ‘Everything’ and then on the right input an address at your location or nearby. Then the map will return 20 pins of businesses and places near that address that you inputted. For the best results, include the zip code on the address. After you see the map with the pins and search results listed on the left, you can choose to scroll through the search results OR you can explore the map. You can explore the map by panning on the map and/or zooming in on a certain area. The zoom is in the upper left corner of the map. After zooming in you can hit the ‘Refresh’ button (the magnifying glass) in the lower right corner of the map to refresh the results. When you hit the Refresh the map will return 20 new pins in the area you’ve zoomed in on. A few more clarifications on using the Search boxes - If you type in ‘Starbucks’ in the box on the left and ‘Naples, Florida’ in the box on the right, it will pull up all the Starbucks in Naples, Florida. If you type in ‘Starbucks’ in the box on the left and ‘New York, New York’ in the box on the right, it will return 20 Starbucks locations in New York, New York – of course there are more than 20, so it may not return the one you are wanting to review. So the best approach would be to input an address nearby. If you’ve tried all of these Search approaches, and can’t find the place you’d like to review then it could be that the Google Places database has not indexed that business. In which case, you must contact Google to add that location to their database. AXS Map pulls from Google Places, and we rely on their index.
Have you watched our Mapathon animation? If not, then see it here. It explains a lot. Also, here are the steps for a typical Mapathon: