Should we implement a map feature or not? Building an analytics platform
We are building an analytics platform for our system, now focusing on introducing new metrics or reports. We wanted to introduce a map that shows visits to the websites of our Users. However, what we can do in terms of time and development, we can only afford to create a map grouped by countries. However, this will prove the most useful to those Users who have their customers coming from several countries, which mostly is not the case. Most of our Users have their activities in 1.8 countries. What should be the decision here?
- Develop the basic map showing only traffic grouped by country - the map looks cool, however, it will not tell us anything useful. On the other hand, it is placed at the very bottom of the interface, so even if it's not useful, it's not cluttering the interface very much.
- Wait with the development until version 2.0, with the map that allows grouping by country, city, region, etc. - we introduce it in another iteration, use our efforts towards building a proper map mechanism. The map is cool :P
- Don't develop it at all. Not worth the time and effort.