September 2007

At Flashmaps we are very proud we don't have a single customer. Period.

Many companies pertaining to all industries and sizes, from home businesses to Fortune-10 corporations, have placed their trust in us and now make use of our products. But none of them is a customer. Each of them is our very valued and respected CLIENT.

The slight difference between customer and client, the one-to-one assistance we put into each project, is what we feel is one of the keys of our business. We work side by side with you to achieve the best possible mapping solution, one that fully fits your needs. From the very first time you contact Flashmaps, we assist you with any need you might have. We are available on the phone whenever you require attention, providing effective, prompt and professional assistance.

Companies such as AT&T, eBay, Sprint, Adidas, Adobe, Verizon, and Forbes are some of our best known clients. We feel very comfortable working on large projects but, at the same time, are very happy working on small ones as well. Take a minute to see who in your industry is already benefiting from the competitive advantages we always try to provide each of our clients. Check out our client list.

Nothing makes us happier than receiving feedback from our clients claiming we have helped them solve something they had been attempting to accomplish for a long time, or that our interactive maps have made their business boom.

Thanks go to everybody out there for placing their trust in us. It is a great honor and privilege to serve you all. We will keep doing our best to bring you the most innovative, appealing and robust mapping solutions money can buy.

Flashforward2007 Boston is a three-day event filled with sessions led by the world's leading Flash designers and developers including keynote presentations given by John Maeda of MIT Media Lab, and Kevin Lynch from Adobe Systems. You'll find a great selection of topics covering many aspects of the Flash universe: Flash CS3; ActionScript 3; Flex; AIR (previously Apollo); Flash video; integration with After Effects, Photoshop, and the rest of Creative Suite 3; as well as mobile; games; animation; accessibility; open source; and much more.

While you'll come to Flashforward to immerse yourselves in your craft, be sure to spend some time exploring one of the oldest and most fascinating American cities. Boston is very accessible by foot, and Flashforward2007 is located right in the heart of the Back Bay, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

Flashforward2007 Boston, developed and produced by lynda.com events, includes the international Flashforward Film Festival and awards ceremony (don't forget to cast your vote for The People's Choice Award) and an Expo Hall with opportunities for the Flash community to network and share knowledge. Don't miss this conference!

AreaSelector, our large-scale, interactive, area map, has increased its family quite significantly. Besides the traditional US, Canadian, and World maps, we now offer a large array of products within this line that can display everything from zip code information, to roadways, to province level or equivalent in over 150 countries from around the world. Some of the new members of the family:

So, whatever large-scale map you are in need of, we can surely provide you with a great solution. Of course they will feature the aesthetic quality, robust performance and interactivity that Flashmaps has built its brand on.

Take a look at some inspiring samples:

Kijiji, a group of free, local, community-based classifieds websites, offers a convenient, fun, and easy way for people in the same city to meet, trade, share ideas, and help each other out in areas such as goods, cars, services, housing, jobs, and personals. The word "kijiji" (pronounced like key-gee-gee) means "village" in Swahili. This name was chosen because it captures the essence of what they are creating - a site where people can connect with others in their community. Kijiji sites are currently available in more than 1000 cities/neighborhoods around the world, serving over 17 million users across these markets and is a leading classifieds site.

Kijiji US covers 220 cities nationally. They were looking to provide their users with an appealing alternate to selecting cities via the classic list box. We proposed that they try our AreaSelector US States. This product allows visitors to select a state, dynamically zoom into it, and most important of all, the ability to populate the map with the cities of their choice, by taking each cities' respective latitude/longitude information directly from their database.

One of Kijiji's main concerns was being able to provide their users with the best experience possible and, at the same time, a really useful search tool.

Another key issue for Kijiji was to make the map perfectly fit the look and feel of the rest of their website. Since Flashmaps AreaSelector is fully customizable, it was a snap to implement the color scheme, fonts and icons they were looking for. As with any of our projects, we worked side by side with the client to ensure that they achieved all of the goals they originally set out to accomplish. We provided them with insight as to what options would work best for them and assisted them with every facet of the project.

At the end of the day, the user is king. Kijiji users seem to be very happy with the new interactive map.

It has been a real pleasure for Flashmaps to work with the team over at Kijiji. They have been extremely creative, open minded and professional. Congratulations on the great job, and thanks for choosing Flashmaps!

You probably have something in mind you'd like to buy or sell, maybe you're looking for a better job? Come find everything that's available in your back yard, make the connection at Kijiji!

MAX is Adobe's prime annual event, where they show off all of the currently available technologies, and the ones that will be released soon. MAX 2007 North America will be held in Chicago, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. You can learn more about the event at the MAX 2007 Official Website.

In order to help attendees find their way around the venue, Flashmaps and Adobe have partnered to build a helpful map of the area, including the airports and recommended hotels. Take a look at this location map.

In addition, Flashmaps has built an interactive directory map that shows exhibitor locations, conference rooms, services, etc. This map will be available in the touch-screen kiosks at the venue.

As you probably know, we currently only offer our standard DB Mapper inside US and Canada. These are the only two countries we have full-detailed street-level cartography.

But, if you want to give your visitors the same great experience and interactivity that DB Mapper offers, and already have some kind of map of the area in Freehand, Illustrator, etc., we have good news for you!