Maponics Blog

Pelago, Inc., the company behind Whrrl, announced yesterday its partnership with Maponics.  Now users of Whrrl, a location-aware social networking service, will benefit directly from the 50,000 neighborhoods available through Maponics Neighborhood Boundaries. To find out more, read the full press release here! ... [read more]

What Exactly is a ZIP Code….or a Carrier Route? The ZIP Code and carrier route coding system was specifically developed by the United States Postal Service (USPS) in order to make mail delivery more efficient.  This means that what the average person refers to as a “ZIP Code”, is actually a collection of addresses that have the same 5-digit code assigned to them. The USPS then further splits up each of these ZIP Codes into smaller blocks of addresses: carrier routes. A carrier route liter... [read more]

For certain applications, robust neighborhood boundary data can be overkill.  If you are just trying to support basic proximity searches and map labeling, Maponics Neighborhood Location Centers™ may be just the key.  This data includes the names and neighborhood center points (latitude and longitude) for over 50K neighborhoods.  Our extensive alternate neighborhood names data file is incorporated, ensuring that searches on informal names produce the correct neighborhood. Want to learn more?... [read more]

Here is a very interesting article detailing how Citysearch has taken its content hyper-local and interactive, with the help of Maponics. Through a complete backend redesign, the company has integrated social and mobile functionality into their new beta version (announced 11/18).  They’ve also reorganized content so that it is searchable by neighborhood and added neighborhood-level ad targeting. Now searchers can drill down to local content for over 75,000 cities and neighborhoods nationw... [read more]

This year, GIS Day celebrates its 10th anniversary.  Initially a US-only observance dedicated to educating the public about geographic information systems (GIS) technology and its applications, today this celebration benefits from global participation and an impressive host of sponsors. Included among them are the National Geographic Society, Sun Microsystems, the Library of Congress, ESRI, the Association of American Geographers, the United States Geographic Survey and many others. Part of Geo... [read more]

For most people in the U.S., purchasing a new home is the most expensive investment they will ever make.  And in this economy, those that can still get a mortgage are even more eager to make sure that the decision they are making is one that they can live with. So it is no surprise that the typical buyer has pages and pages of “house search requirements”. Nor is it a surprise that when looking at specific houses, they want tons of questions answered.  How much is it, how many bathrooms doe... [read more]

InfoUSA is now taking list selection to the next level - enabling marketers to target by neighborhood, not just ZIP Code or carrier route!  Read their announcement below: infoUSA Offers Customers the First Extensive Neighborhood Based Selection List: Maponics Neighborhood Boundaries(TM) and infoUSA Partner OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 31, 2008–infoGROUP (NASDAQ: IUSA), the leading provider of proprietary business and consumer databases, sales leads, direct marketing, email... [read more]

Our neighborhood data team has really cranked and we are thrilled to announce that our coverage has increased by 150% over the past six months!!!  We’ve also significantly expanded our neighborhood names data file and our Canadian neighborhood data coverage. Read the full press release announcing this amazing expansion and stay tuned for more exciting news coming soon! ... [read more]