Official map is here
https://resources.hud.gov/#
no label ?
No wonder why it is horrible to use.
For example, I have to click every little icon to review each one. I am watching 500 little icon, just can't click 500 times to open each one to find the apartment name.
Don't you use google map ? walmart, costco, target, etc are all labeled, I don't need to click every little dot to see whether it is walmart or homedepot. All shops has label, user don't need to click anything. That is intuitive design.
If hub label all apartment name, user can easily remember apartment name with location.
Human intuitively remember name easier( remember pronounced name sound, saved in memory)
Human does not effective to remember map location by remember the map view of image ( show where the location ).
Hud don't provide label for each apartment, that means, user have to remember image of map location, that is horrible user experience. If you tell me the apartment name, I can remember for a long time.
If you only let me look at the apartment location on map without name, in a few minutes I will not be able to point where it should be on map.
Can you solve this problem?
Yes, you can with some sort of GIS tools.
Copy HUD arcgis server REST api endpoint
https://egis.hud.gov/arcgis/rest/services/hrl/HudResourceLocator/MapServer
paste here
Copy and past Arcgis REST api endpoint in here, then click let's go button
https://transparentgov.net/json2tree/esri/server2/folder.html?org=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer&url=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer&arcgis_online_token=&select_folder=1&select_layer=2
Click 21 esri feature layer client side label, will open a new new tab
https://transparentgov.net/json2tree/esri/server2/folder.html?org=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer&url=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer&arcgis_online_token=&select_folder=1&select_layer=2
First, should select label as 'management name'
Then all apartment name labeled on ESRI map
https://transparentgov.net/json2tree/arcgis/featurelayer/label_feature.html?backgroundlayerurl=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer%2F2&_center_lat=43.068245998837874&_center_long=-77.64106600029693&_center_zoom=13&panto=0&symbolType=native&layer=Multifamily+Properties+-+Assisted&dynamicLabelField=MGMT_AGENT_ORG_NAME
Above is ESRI map client side label, which is limited by your computer's RAM memory, with thousands of label showing at same time, could slow down or freeze your browser.
To avoid this problem, you should use server side labeling, by click 14
https://transparentgov.net/json2tree/esri/server2/folder.html?org=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer&url=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer&arcgis_online_token=&select_folder=1&select_layer=2
This is ESRI server side labeling
First, should select label as 'management name'
Then all apartment name labeled on ESRI map
https://transparentgov.net/json2tree/datahub.io/usgs/label_image.html?backgroundlayerurl=https%3A%2F%2Fegis.hud.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2Fhrl%2FHudResourceLocator%2FMapServer%2F2&_center_zoom=12&_center_lat=43.11818402179621&_center_long=-77.61256509876185&layer=Multifamily+Properties+-+Assisted&dynamicLabelField=MGMT_AGENT_ORG_NAME&symbolType=native&widgetopacity=1&opacity=0.7
