Local Search Redefined: Maponics’ CEO Gives His Vision of the Future
November 23rd, 2009
How is local search being redefined in this age of mobile access and social networking? Earlier this month, Mike McDonald of WebProNews interviewed Maponics CEO Darrin Clement at PubCon Las Vegas 2009. Watch the video below to hear Darrin’s thoughts on GPS-based local search, “real-time” versus “for-the-future” searches, search by neighborhood and the new definition of “local”.
Darrin attended PubCon as a presenter for the local search and mobile optimization ... [read more]
U.S. Postal Service Overhaul Captured in Latest Maponics ZIP Code Data Release
November 19th, 2009
After its eighth consecutive quarter of significant financial losses, the U.S. Postal Service announced that it would begin a massive re-evaluation of its delivery infrastructure in February of this year (http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_015.htm ). Aiming to cut billions in ongoing costs, the USPS planned to look at:
consolidating facilities (post offices, sorting centers, etc.)
reducing staff (mostly by not filling open positions)
reorganizing the areas covered by postal c... [read more]
Maponics Presenting at National Association of Realtors Conference and Expo
November 12th, 2009
Maponics CEO Darrin Clement will be presenting at the 2009 National Association of Realtors Conference and Exposition being held in San Diego, California, November 13th- 16th.
As a panelist for the “Going Beyond Listing Data” session, Darrin will be joined by Rob Hahn of 7DS Associates, Sara Bonert of Zillow, Eric Bryn of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, and Jim Marks of Virtual Results.
Planning to attend the NAR conference? Here are the panel specifics:
Date: Sunday, N... [read more]
Maponics CEO to Present at PubCon 2009
November 9th, 2009
Maponics CEO Darrin Clement will discuss how spatial data enables local search and mobile optimization as a panel speaker at PubCon 2009 this week. This year’s conference, hosted by SearchEngineWorld and WebmasterWorld, takes place November 10-13, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Planning to be at PubCon? Don’t miss this panel!
Title: Local Search and Mobile Optimization
Day: Wednesday, November 11
Time: 10:15a 11:30a
Location: Salon B
Description: Local search now comes from a real converg... [read more]
Maponics Successfully Concludes Settlement of Its Lawsuit Against Factle
October 30th, 2009
Maponics, a leading provider of spatial databases and the developer of the Maponics Neighborhood Boundaries ™ product line, has successfully settled litigation against Factle and its owner, Bernt Wahl, for unfair competition, false advertising and copyright infringement.
The dispute arose over Factle’s unauthorized distribution of mapping products incorporating a neighborhood database purchased by Maponics in an asset acquisition. After Wahl and Factle repeatedly violated contractual terms... [read more]
Monster.com, Zillow.com, Lowe’s and CenterPoint Energy Choose Maponics ZIP Code Data
October 27th, 2009
Today we announced four of the latest businesses to choose Maponics for postal data: Monster.com, Zillow.com, Lowe’s and CenterPoint Energy. These companies join a broad range of existing Maponics postal data clients including D&B (Dunn & Bradstreet), Pitney Bowes MapInfo, and HelloMetro.
“We have been amazed at the response to the launch of our expanded ZIP Code data suite earlier this year, and are excited to partner with the new customers we are announcing today,” said Maponic... [read more]
DexKnows.com Chooses Maponics Neighborhood Database for Local Search by Neighborhood
September 15th, 2009
It’s indisputable: being able to search for local service providers by neighborhood, not just by ZIP Code or city, is essential.
Local search heavyweight DexKnows.com answered the question of how to enable search by neighborhood easily. They implemented the Maponics Neighborhood Database.
Just listen to what Sean Greene, Senior Vice President of Interactive at R.H. Donnelley, which publishes DexKnows.com, has to say about it.
“DexKnows.com now delivers a unique, local search experien... [read more]
Trulia Partners with Maponics: Increases Neighborhood Coverage 300%
August 25th, 2009
“Feedback and research has shown that offering the ability to search and compare properties by neighborhood is absolutely key to our customer base,” according to Emmanuel Fare, VP of product & user experience at Trulia.
With this in mind, the real estate giant extensively tested various neighborhood data sources, and determined that, as Fare explains, “Maponics provided the best data and solutions to fit our needs.”
Highlights
Here are a few highlights from the press ... [read more]
