Maps Mash Up

We are proud to announce a new contest from terra IMS. Over the past months we have had an opportunity to view some outstanding mashups created by users of our mapicons Dynamic Generator. To thank you for your continuing support and positive feedback, we are sponsoring a contest during the month of April for all our mapicons Dynamic Generator users. We are awarding prizes to the top three map mashups that are entered into the contest: 1st Place) A Magellan eXplorist GPS Unit 2nd... Read Full Story

newconsearch.com provides a great example of how our mapicons are a true visualization aid for map mashups. newconsearch.com provides a map mashup that allows Florida real estate agents to find pre-construction, new construction, condo conversions and hotel condos. newconsearch.com utilizes our mapicons to provide valuable context for users by displaying differently colored house icons and differently sized bubble icons. With our mapicons, newconsearch.com has enabled users to... Read Full Story

Gone are the days of old...when map mashups used the same map icon to represent everything from restaurants to amusement parks. Our new mapicons Dynamic Generator is the first online map icon generation tool. With the mapicons Dynamic Generator, you can create a wide array of "mapicons" using different markers, sizes, colors, characters, symbols, and even a 3-D effect. We were inspired to create the mapicons Dynamic Generator after so many of you inquired about whether we could create... Read Full Story

Our judges have finished casting their votes, and the results are in for our mapicons Dynamic Generator Map Mashup Contest. ApartmentOutpost.com Submitted by Chris Davies, CEO The Apartment Outpost Prize: Magellan eXplorist 100 GPS Receiver newconsearch The Agent's Source for New Construction Submitted by Steven Stalcott Smith, President newconsearch.com Prize: Kingston 4GB DataTraveler USB Drive WharTown Submitted by Alex Vorobiev University of Pennsylvania Prize: Equal Exchange Fair... Read Full Story

Our heat map of Florida Superfund Sites was selected as a "great way to visualize real estate that might have not-in-my-backyard issues." We're happy to announce that one of our map mashups has been selected as the Second Prize winner for FortiusOne's GeoIQ Mashup Contest. We are happy and proud to be bestowed with the recognition. We think GeoIQ is an increasingly valuable tool for spatial analysis, and we look forward to working more with it in the near future. Speaking of Superfund... Read Full Story

We have added a new Labs section on our web site that showcases some of the tinkering we are doing with map mashups. Our goal is to share with you some of the interesting concepts that we hope to integrate with future mashups. Our Featured Project: U.S. EPA Superfund Site Locator The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its National Priority list of Superfund Sites in XML format. We converted the XML data and integrated it with a database. Users enter an address and... Read Full Story

The quote above appeared in the Spring 2008 Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) magazine.  The article titled “Where and Why the Rain Falls“…”When it comes to visits to your website, don’t let “how much” distract you from more important information.” was authored by Steve Bjerklie and featured some great insight from Trent Blizzard - Blizzard Internet Marketing.According to the article - “Internet statistics for travel and vacations keep piling up.  In 2006, $86 billion worth of... Read Full Story