Archive for the ‘Cool Ideas and Sites’ Category
HelloMetro Chooses Maponics Neighborhood and ZIP Code Data
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
We are excited to announce that HelloMetro, which operates 1,500 local city websites across the country, has chosen Maponics to power its local search. Of key importance to them was the ability to translate ZIP Codes to neighborhoods using Maponics N... [read more]
Secret History of Properties by Neighborhood: Now a Click Away on PropertyShark.com
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Real estate sites are getting cooler and cooler!
Now, thanks to a partnership with Maponics, PropertyShark.com users can search and map by neighborhood to find properties of interest. Then, using PropertySharks.com’s extensive database (created... [read more]
November 19, 2008 is GIS Day … What is GIS Day?
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
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 participati... [read more]
Best Cartographic Websites: Planet Geospatial
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Want to stay on top of what’s new in the blogosphere related to your industry? Planet Geospatial aggregates content from the past 2-3 days for over 50 spatial data and GIS blogs, as well as a smattering of mapping-focused ones. Think this might be ... [read more]
GIS Data & Geocoding: How Businesses are Getting Ahead
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
How are companies like Sprint Nextel and Dansko using geotagging, georeferencing and geocoding to improve to dramatically improve their on and off-line marketing? Or to better target product offerings and increase logistics efficiencies? This interes... [read more]
Best Cartographic Websites: Map Hawk
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Map Hawk: Watching How the Media Communicates with Maps is a very interesting and timely (with the upcoming elections) new blog started by Joe Francica 3 months ago. You may recognize Joe’s name; he is the Editor-in-Chief of Direction Magazine,... [read more]
Best Cartographic Websites: Strange Maps
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
For those of you who just can’t get enough maps, the Strange Maps blog is a great site to bookmark. This interesting blog shows you a highly unusual map and provides commentary on it. Recent posts have covered maps showing how generic names for so... [read more]
EnvironMAILism – More Than A New Green Word
Friday, August 15th, 2008
What is Environmailism? It’s is a new direct mail-based campaign launched by the USPS to encourage businesses to make more environmentally aware mailing choices. Through a Green Mail Kit sent out to direct mailers, and a follow on Environmailis... [read more]
