[Devil's Rule]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Just out of curiosity, where's the picture on the homepage taken from? It looks like the top of Mt. Baldy.

If it is, would it not make sense to have a pic from a mountain in Banff on the homepage of a site called Banffindex.com?

Thanks for the feedback :-) The picture is of Peyto Lake in Banff National Park, just off of highway 93 North, heading to Jasper from Lake Louise. here is a really cool Google satellite image, note how close the glacier is. I've swam in many mountain bodies of water and this one was the coldest.

Originally Posted by MickMcGeough

I meant that the small square shows the user a place to click on to see the larger map. Even the half-sized map is useless for navigation purposes.

As a consumer of the service, a hotel's location on a map is only useful if I already know the city enough to be familiar with the area I'm looking at, or I've already chosen to stay there and need directions. If I understand your target - tourists who are trying to evaluate their options - they don't fall into either category.

If I were you I'd focus on the street view - a good, unbiased pic of the place. If you want to show a map, I'd show a separate map and put markers on the map showing how close the place is to other attractions/hotels/restaurants. That way it's a navigational tool as well as another thing to consider when choosing a place.

That is a good suggestion, to focus on the street view image and minimize the map. I actually looked at that for the properties and locations that had their images taken on narrower street, like the Brewster Mountain Lodge. I might look at a blended approach to that suggestion.

I did add a google map on the front page for all properties, and then they can navigate to a profile page in that manner (still under development).