{"id":10162,"date":"2017-07-14T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmlscentral.com\/?p=10162"},"modified":"2017-07-14T09:02:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-14T16:02:23","slug":"ask-technical-terry-orientation-mapping-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmlscentral.com\/v1\/2017\/07\/14\/ask-technical-terry-orientation-mapping-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Technical Terry: Orientation, Mapping Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ask Technical Terry<\/a> is a series RMLS\u2122 aims to offer once a month. RMLS\u2122 subscribers will drive the content\u2014submit any question about RMLS\u2122 to Technical Terry in the comments or by emailing communications@rmls.com. Don\u2019t be shy\u2014we won\u2019t identify you by name.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear TT,<\/strong><\/p>\n

I sent one of my new REALTORS\u00ae down to RMLS\u2122 in Eugene to join up. They came back and said there’s a new mandatory <\/em>orientation class that takes four hours to complete! She said there were quizzes and everything! What is up with that? Don’t you realize we REALTORS\u00ae are super busy? Why would RMLS\u2122 make us take that much time out of our busy day to attend a stupid orientation class?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Curious in Cottage Grove<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear CCG,<\/p>\n

Great question! RMLS\u2122 complies with the National Association of REALTORS\u00ae model rules for MLS operations<\/a>. Included in those model rules is a carveout of up to eight mandatory training hours for orientation training. That language has been in the RMLS\u2122 Rules and Regulations since its inception. Given the ever-evolving complexity of the real estate world\u2014and frankly, keeping a close eye on the social behavior of our industry\u2014prompted RMLS\u2122 to take a more aggressive role with orientation. The new orientation format is four hours of training content, including some quizzes intended to really galvanize an agent to understand that content. While it may seem like a lot of time for orientation training, I’m confident our new subscribers will realize the benefit many times over.<\/p>\n

Technical Terry<\/p>\n

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Hey TT-<\/strong><\/p>\n

What in the world did you guys do to the RMLSweb<\/em> mapping system? I logged in one morning and it had totally changed with absolutely NO warning. And now one of the best pieces of the old system is missing, the birds eye view. Why did you mess with it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manic Over Mapping<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey MOM-<\/p>\n

The earlier version of maps on RMLSweb<\/em> was based on a version of Bing map layers and controls that Microsoft announced they would be retiring by the end of June 2017. Microsoft made this announcement in March 2017! That compressed time frame created a challenge for anyone using that version of Bing in their system.<\/p>\n

The RMLS\u2122 development team was already knee deep in the forms change project when the announcement was made. They scrambled to come up with a functional replacement in a very short period of time, and that’s what you’re seeing today on RMLSweb<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As for the birds eye view, there is some functionality from the old version of Bing that has yet to be released for the new version. That doesn’t mean it won’t return, it simply means our developers need some additional time to rebuild it for the maps on RMLSweb<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We did try to provide RMLS\u2122 subscribers as much advance notice as we possibly could. We had an overview video available through an article on the RMLSweb<\/em> desktop a week prior to the switch, as well as an overview on our blog that was featured in the RMLS\u2122 Weekly Report before the switch. We’re sorry to hear these didn’t reach your eyes in time, but we’re confident that the new tools provided by Microsoft will result in a better mapping experience in the near future.<\/p>\n

TT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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