Introduction to Park Sites

In this article we will discuss the basics of Park Sites, and begin to familiarize you with accessing a specific MH/RV park, also known as a Park Site, in order to view a mobile home or RV park's Park Information. 

Overview

Park Sites is a map driven graphical way to view, manage, and track mobile home parks and RV parks throughout the United States. It replaces spreadsheets by displaying colored map pins on an integrated Google Map.

Each map pin represents a single mobile home or RV park. The various colors of each Park Site represents the specific status of the park with our system.

• Black map pins - Indicates that there is no park information available, but the location has been verified to have a MH/RV park.
• Green map pins - Indicates that there is park information, and that no user has claimed the park from within the My Parks solution
• Blue map pins - Indicates that the park has been claimed by another member from within the My Parks solution.
• Purple map pins - Indicates that you have claimed the park from within the My Parks solution. 

By clicking on a map pin, users can view the park's information in a slider that opens from the right side of the page. Within the slider, you have additional options to either view or edit the details of that specific MH/RV park from within the Park Details dropdown menu.

You can also choose to include the park within your Favorites List, by selecting your customized map pin color from the Favorites Type dropdown menu. This action changes the map pin color from its default system color to your customized color so you can refence your favorite parks quickly within the Google Map.

By tracking mobile home parks and RV parks in this manner, we give our users a much more efficient, and multi-dimensional method of managing and tracking mobile home park or RV park information. These are aspects traditional spreadsheets simply can't accomplish.

Definitions

• Park Site - A layer of data specific to the park's location which is managed exclusively by our system administrators, and contains information about a MH/RV park's city, county, state, and zip code.
• Park Information - A layer of data that is specific to the park and managed by our users. Examples of information contained in this layer are a park's street address, phone number, website, Flood Plain status, Utilities & Streets information, number of mobile home or RV lots, amenities, and park contacts.  
• Claimed - A Park Site status that is used to indicate if a park has a claimholder in the My Parks solution. Each claimed park will have a blue map pin if another member has claimed the park, or it will be purple if you have claimed the park.  
• Unclaimed - A Park Site status that is used to indicate that there is no claimholder for a specific park. Each Unclaimed park will have a green map pin.
• No Park Data - A Park Site status that is used to indicate that the location of a MH/RV park has been identified, but no Park Information has been supplied. Each No Park Data MH/RV park will have a black map pin until additional Park Information is provided by a user. 

Instructions

To access Park Sites go to your Dashboard and click Park Sites from the left menu after you have successfully logged into your MHParks.com account. 

Park Sites Main Page

Within the main page of Park Sites you will be displayed a Map Legend within the integrated Google Map. This legend helps the user understand the map pin colors that are used to represent a specific MH/RV park within our system.

Users can zoom in closer to a specific location on the map, or zoom out when they wish to view a larger geographical location.

As you zoom out, you will see individual pins begin to cluster into numbers within a circle. The clustering is used to help save space in locations that parks are more densely located.  

Additionally, the main page contains the following fields and buttons:

• Search Location Field - This is located just above the top left of the map, has also been included to help users find parks that may be in a specific area of the country.
• Filter Button - Within the filter options users are able to build and save queries to filter over 50 data points while including "AND" and "OR" conditions for even more complex filtering.
• Favorites Button - This button allows users to view the parks they have marked with their customized favorites pins in a displayed list.
• Settings Button - This button allows the user to manage their customized pins for their Favorites List.

Park Sites Slider & Elements

Once you locate the park you wish to find more information about, simply click the park's map pin and a slider will open on the right side of the page. 

The slider allows the user to access additional options such as to view/edit park details, add the park to your Favorites List, add your own Private Notes about the park, or visit the park's county or state website.

Below is a list of items visible on the park's slider window that appears after clicking a park's map pin:

• System Tags - For quick reference to the user, system tags are displayed at the top of the slider. These give the user information about the status of the park within our system and if the park is currently advertised in a Park for Sale Ad.
• Park Details Menu- Clicking the Park Details menu allows the user to View or Edit a park's information. This information includes various items such as Street Address, Park Phone, Utilities & Street details, MH/RV lot details, and Public Park Contacts. 
• Websites Menu- Clicking the Websites menu allows the user to View the park's County and State websites specific to that park. Additionally users can select the View in Google Maps option to see the park directly within Google Maps.
• Favorites Type Menu - Clicking the Favorites Type menu will allow the user to select the color they wish to change the park's map pin to while also adding the park to their Favorites List.
• Private Notes Button - Clicking the Private Notes button allows the user to view, add, edit notes that they may wish to add to the park's record for later reference. 
• Basic Park Information - Below the menu and button options the slider also displays the park's basic information such as name, it's address information, phone number, and lot count.
• Park's City Information - As an added benefit the slider also displays the basic demographics of the city in which the park is located.

For any questions that you may still have about this, or any other topic in MHParks.com, please contact our Support Team by emailing us at support@mhparks.com.