Whrrl contains more than 6.5 million points of interest in the US, but how many of these businesses are going to close in the next year? In addition to being able to drag-and-drop places on the map, now Whrrl users can mark places as having closed permanently without having to contact us through our feedback box.

I captured Frank (the software engineer who brought this feature to life) in his natural habitat, and put together a quick demo of how marking places closed in Whrrl works. Enjoy!

Video: Meet Frank & Mark Places Closed in Whrrl

Check out the Whrrl YouTube Channel for more videos!

How to Mark Places Closed

On the detail page for a place, there is a button at the bottom of the left hand column. When you mark a place closed the button will change to orange, and the business name will display [Closed] next to it. If you made a mistake, you can click the orange button and mark the place open again:

A collective cheer (and sigh of relief) was heard throughout the office today as we released our new website at 9 am PST. The new site is faster, offers improved user interaction and looks awesome! We moved to a top navigation layout and made the map loading much faster. We also added user interaction features like the text box on the home page that asks Where Are You and What Are You Doing? Check it out and let us know what you think!

New interactive feature:

New top nav bar:

New Maps: