How Categorization and Searchability Work in Locamundo

At the heart of Locamundo lies its powerful categorization system — the brain of the entire platform. Without categorization, Locamundo would simply be a jumble of images with no organization. To keep your locations in order and give your clients the best chance of finding what they need, it’s essential to categorize your locations thoroughly. While this process might feel cumbersome at first, it quickly becomes second nature.

The Importance of Categorization

Categorization isn’t about entering facts like an address; it’s about tagging your location with predefined attributes that make it searchable. Locamundo offers around 1,500 predefined categories, all systematized for ease of use. These categories are crucial for organizing your locations and enabling meaningful matches.

Imagine a client is looking for a white wooden house from the 1800s, situated by a lake, surrounded by pine trees, with a mountain range in the background. From this description, you could extract the following categories: white, house, wood, 1800s, lake, forest, pine trees, and mountains. If the client selects all these categories in their search and you’ve tagged your location with them, it would result in a 100% match.

However, if you only categorize it as "house," your location will appear alongside thousands of other locations also categorized as "house." This means your location risks being lost in a sea of generic results. The more specific your categories, the better your match and the higher the chances your location will stand out to potential clients.

Often, searches start broadly. For example, a client may initially search for "house" and be overwhelmed by the sheer number of results. They might then refine their search by adding "white," narrowing the results to only locations categorized as both "house" and "white." This incremental refinement helps clients pinpoint the exact type of location they need quickly and effectively.

How the Categorization System is Organized

Locamundo’s categorization system simplifies tagging through intuitive clusters like architecture, landscapes, interiors, and historical periods. This structure ensures that tagging is accurate and efficient, preventing overwhelm.

How Categories Are Structured

Categories in Locamundo are divided into five main groups, each designed to simplify the tagging process and enhance search precision:

1. Optional Elements: Here, you can choose categories such as architecture, colors, years, materials, feelings, styles, social class, and much more.
2. Landscape: Nature Sites: This section includes categories like Grassland, Jungles, Seasides, Woods, and Volcanoes, among many others.
3. Landscape: Man-Shaped Sites: Choose from categories like Roads, Historical Sites, Towns, Boat Ramps, Bridges, and more.
4. Building: Public Property: This group covers all types of public buildings, such as schools, hospitals, sports halls, restaurants, shops, parking areas, and more.
5. Building: Private Property: Perhaps the most searched category, this includes houses, castles, apartments, summer homes, and much more.

One important aspect of categorization is that it’s not only about what a location is, but also about what it can represent. For example, a tiled wall could work as a swimming pool or a slaughterhouse. Don’t miss the category "Looks Like Country" under Optional Elements, where scouts have tagged neighborhoods that resemble Russia even though they’re located in France.

For example, if a client is searching for a New York City location that represents the 1800s, they might select "New York" and "1800s." Locamundo then displays all relevant options tagged with those categories, whether a townhouse, train station, or farm. This versatility caters to diverse project needs.

Searchability: Bringing Order to Your Database

While categorization ensures your locations can be matched with client searches, searchability brings order to your own database. By entering detailed information about each location, you make it effortless for yourself to find and manage them later.

Why Filling in Details is Crucial

The primary purpose of adding specific details — such as an address and contact information — is to make it easy for you, the account owner, to locate and manage your locations. Here's how it helps:

• Efficient Location Management: Search for locations by name, address, or proximity, saving you time when organizing or presenting options.
• Map Integration: View all your locations on a Google Map, allowing for easy visualization and route planning.
• Proximity-Based Search: By including addresses, you can search for locations based on their distance from a specific point. For instance, if you’re filming at an apartment on Kings Street 1 and need a nearby cinema, you can search for cinemas with Kungsgatan 1 as the starting point. Locamundo will present a list of cinemas sorted by distance, helping you plan efficiently.
• Streamlined Planning: Use address data to create travel routes, manage scouting trips, and print maps for convenience.

It’s important to emphasize that this information is private and visible only to you when logged into your account. No one else — including potential clients or other scouts — can view the precise location or contact details unless you choose to share them.

Taking the time to enter this information may seem tedious at first, but as your database grows, you’ll be glad you did. It ensures your portfolio is not just a collection of images but an organized, efficient system that supports your scouting process.

Bringing It All Together

Categorization and searchability are the twin pillars that make Locamundo so powerful. When you categorize your locations thoughtfully and provide detailed metadata, you’re not just organizing your portfolio — you’re setting yourself up for long-term success.

By combining these tools, Locamundo ensures your locations are easily searchable, highly visible, and ready to match with client needs. Whether you’re working on a local project or managing an extensive international library of locations, this system gives you the control and efficiency you need.

Take the first step today: categorize your locations, enhance their searchability, and unlock the full potential of Locamundo.