Google Maps Street View Comes to Canada
Finally, Google’s Street View product comes to the streets of Canada. The other day Google added the streets of Canada to their street level photography project. You can see all of the cities/towns...
View ArticleCities in 3D. Seriously, This is Cool
The Google team has done it again with their Cities in 3d program. You can now take a “virtual tour” through the streets of Los Angeles, San Diego, or Washington, DC. Here’s a preview video showcasing...
View ArticleGoogle Announces "Perspective Imagery"
Does Google ever stop pumping out awesome imagery (see cities in 3d)? If their new Perspective Imagery is any indication — the answer is no. Even though this imagery is very similar to Microsoft’s...
View ArticleGoogle Map Buddy – Big City Maps
Google Map Buddy I saw this on Lifehacker last week, a great Google Map tool for real estate. Google Map buddy allows you to easily print out wall-sized satellite views of a neighborhood for your...
View ArticleMapquest 4 mobile brings voice guidance GPS to iPhone
MapQuest recently released its own free voice navigation app for the iPhone and BlackBerry. From the website: “The MapQuest 4 Mobile downloadable application provides easy access to Directions, Maps,...
View ArticleMicrosoft's new Street Slide blows away Google Maps Street View
Absolutely amazing new map technology will soon be released from Microsoft. You must watch this video to understand how Street Slide could make you stop using Google Maps. Think about it – you could...
View ArticleHow Do You Keep Real Estate Local?
Selling real estate is a local game. Buyers in particular want to get a feel for a place. They want to touch, to get a feel for the environment and they want to see themselves not only in a home but in...
View ArticleWhat’s the best mapping IDX?
In a subsequent post I plan to do a video review of several of the mapping IDX products out there. You might say that IDX comparisons have been done to death, but I want to specifically focus on the...
View ArticleUK Property Sites Utilize New “Travel Time” Search Feature
Editor’s Note: By way of his inaugural post, I’d like to introduce our newest contributor Charlie Davis. Charlie is a co-founder of iGeolise.com, a company that delivers software to the property...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Focusing on Real Estate Vertical
What corporations spend money to promote/advertise is a fairly telling sign of where they are investing their money/manpower. I came across the following promoted Tweet the other day from Google Maps....
View ArticleOpenStreetView – A New Alternative to StreetView
OpenStreetView recently launched (SearchEngineLand coverage). Real estate is a big vertical for Google Maps and StreetView. For the mapping geeks out there, you should take a look. If you’d like to...
View ArticleAI Data Startup Lands $2m Seed Funding
Today’s Geek word is “Ethnographic”. Basically, it’s the presentation of data as it applies to society or groups. Lynden Foust, Spatial’s CEO and a team of about 10 engineers are building a social...
View ArticleGoogle’s “parking difficulty” and “find parking” + a Real Estate Idea
You may have seen the news from Google Maps that they added “parking difficulty” coverage to 25 more cities (doubling coverage from 25 cities to 50). That of course got me thinking about the real...
View ArticleMapquest 4 mobile brings voice guidance GPS to iPhone
MapQuest recently released its own free voice navigation app for the iPhone and BlackBerry. From the website: “The MapQuest 4 Mobile downloadable application provides easy access to Directions, Maps,...
View ArticleMicrosoft's new Street Slide blows away Google Maps Street View
Absolutely amazing new map technology will soon be released from Microsoft. You must watch this video to understand how Street Slide could make you stop using Google Maps. Think about it – you could...
View ArticleHow Do You Keep Real Estate Local?
Selling real estate is a local game. Buyers in particular want to get a feel for a place. They want to touch, to get a feel for the environment and they want to see themselves not only in a home but in...
View ArticleWhat’s the best mapping IDX?
In a subsequent post I plan to do a video review of several of the mapping IDX products out there. You might say that IDX comparisons have been done to death, but I want to specifically focus on the...
View ArticleUK Property Sites Utilize New “Travel Time” Search Feature
Editor’s Note: By way of his inaugural post, I’d like to introduce our newest contributor Charlie Davis. Charlie is a co-founder of iGeolise.com, a company that delivers software to the property...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Focusing on Real Estate Vertical
What corporations spend money to promote/advertise is a fairly telling sign of where they are investing their money/manpower. I came across the following promoted Tweet the other day from Google Maps....
View ArticleOpenStreetView – A New Alternative to StreetView
OpenStreetView recently launched (SearchEngineLand coverage). Real estate is a big vertical for Google Maps and StreetView. For the mapping geeks out there, you should take a look. If you’d like to...
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