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March 2008 |
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1. Introducing Flashmaps Dynamic Locator |
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At Flashmaps we are celebrating the birth of a new child! We are really pleased to announce the release of Flashmaps Dynamic Locator. |
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Over the past years we have often been asked for a mapping tool to locate resources inside of buildings or custom spaces, such as malls, conference venues, ski resorts, large office spaces, factories, university campuses, amusement parks, warehouses, and so on. Now, with Flashmaps Dynamic Locator, mapping out your custom layouts is a snap,and a great experience for your users too! |
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Flashmaps Dynamic Locator lets you do basically two things: find a location on the map (e.g. 'where is SEARS located in the mall?', or 'on what shelf can I find item XYZ?'), and retrieve information about a space on the map ('what is this new kiosk in the middle of the corridor?'). Your information can easily be tied in from a database to the map or vice versa. These two key features allow you the ability to build powerful, eye-catching, interactive applications.
In addition, DynamicLocator includes the intuitive and interactive navigation tools standard to our products will ensures a pleasent user experience. |
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An excellent example of what you can expect from Flashmaps Dynamic Locator is the project we implemented for the last Adobe MAX 2007 North America in Chicago. The system was installed on more than 40 kiosks all around the McCormick Place, helping thousands of attendees find their way to exhibitor stands and conference sessions. Pretty useful, especially when considering that more than 500 sessions were held in the four-day event!
Check out what the Adobe MAX 2007 North America application looked like by clicking here. |
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Flashmaps DynamicLocator gives you developers the opportunity to build state-of-the-art applications for your clients. Amaze them by adding all the bells and whistles over our flexible and reliable interactive platform! |
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2. See Who In Your Industry Is Already Using Flashmaps |
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| In the global market in which we currently live, and especially within the 'global showcase' that the Internet provides, any competitive advantage you can get may make the difference between attracting new clients or losing a foothold to the competition. |
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Real estate, telecommunications, financial, retail, education, media… No matter your industry, we can help you serve your clients better and, by extension, increase your sales. Check out who in your industry is already benefiting from using our products by visiting Flashmaps' Client List.
Enhance your website with the most powerful mapping capabilities available which only Flashmaps can provide. Leading interactive mapping technology since 1999, we were the first ones to introduce the concept of pre-generated map tiles, a standard which is used today by Yahoo! Maps, Google Maps or Mapquest. Our unparalleled expertise allows us to offer the most attractive, flexible and easy-to-integrate mapping solutions on the planet.
Call us toll free today at 1-866-392-0071 or chat with us live. Let us show you how we can help you boost your business.
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3. Flashmaps AreaSelector Evaluation: Ask For Your Favorite Flavor |
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We are very pleased to see the growth of AreaSelector, our large-scale, interactive, area mapping solution. We are covering more and more areas day by day: the whole world, continents, countries, states/provinces, electoral districts, counties, townships, zip code areas... you name it. You can even create an AreaSelector map using your own custom areas to display such things as sales zones, groupings of zip codes, regional state groupings (e.g. New England or Mid-Atlantic States), county groupings (e.g. Inland Empire), etc. |
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If you need to map locations without full street-level detail, or wish to color specific areas based upon your database values, then check out some of our AreaSelector samples. This product will help you quickly create applications over the map, making them as simple or as complex as you want. You can apply almost anything you want, and let AreaSelector take care of the dynamic zoom and all the mapping engineering for you. |
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Flashmaps AreaSelector is not just a pretty face. All kidding aside, it includes a powerful Flashmaps-built geospatial engine that lets you place whatever you want on the map by using standard latitude/longitude coordinates. It also allows you to identify on-screen coordinates or draw custom icons or lines, among many more advanced features. |
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We do our best to help you evaluate our products before you purchase them. Further following this policy, we are very pleased to announce the availability of new versions of the AreaSelector Evaluation Pack: |
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| - Flashmaps AreaSelector World Evaluation Pack for PHP and MySQL |
| - Flashmaps AreaSelector USA Evaluation Pack for PHP and MySQL |
| - Flashmaps AreaSelector USA Evaluation Pack for ASP.NET and MS SQL Server |
| - Flashmaps AreaSelector USA Evaluation Pack for ASP and MS SQL Server |
| - Flashmaps AreaSelector USA Evaluation Pack for ASP and MS Access |
| - Flashmaps AreaSelector USA Evaluation Pack for HTML and plain XML |
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Call us toll free at 1-866-392-0071 and ask our representatives for the Flashmaps AreaSelector Evaluation Pack that fits the server technology you are currently using. You will be able to easily integrate the application with your system and data in order to fully test how the product works. We are confident that you will not be disappointed. |
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4. Case Study: Virtual Resort Manager |
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Virtual Resort Manager (VRM) is based in Morehead City, NC. They provide leading-edge, web-based, real-time vacation rental managing tools. By combining these services with advanced web hosting and even software and hardware management, VRM provides a complete solution at a very competitive cost, becoming a one-stop choice for real estate rental companies and other resort rental businesses.
Of course, a key issue when you want to rent a vacation place is location; and VRM has always been fully aware of this. |
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"For a long time we have been in search of 'the perfect mapping solution' for our clients. Since we were putting our name on it, it had to live up to our standards. After evaluating everything from the cost of producing it ourselves to looking at other mapping products out there, including the popular freebies, we concluded that Flashmaps DB Mapper was, without a doubt, the way to go.", says Michael Hill, Director of Software Development at VRM. |
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"It's a relief to know that this solution gives us full control over the content, so that we never have to worry about dealing with intrusive ads!" he continues, referring to solutions based on Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps. |
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For Flashmaps, working with a company that knows exactly what they want for their clients, as well as what they do not want, is both easy and gratifying. In such cases, we want clients to think of Flashmaps not as a maps provider, but as their mapping partner. We are very happy to listen to any new ideas they have and work together to make them happen. Not only have we supplied them with our mapping products, but work side by side with them from the very first stage of the project, identifying the goals they would like to achieve, contributing with our experience to advise what products and options best fit their needs, and finally integrating the system within the server platform they use (Microsoft Internet Information Server with ASP.NET, in this case). |
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"Once we wrapped up work on our first project, we realized how easy it would be to offer and integrate these solutions on our other clients' sites. The feedback we have been receiving is great. Clients have been grateful for having such a useful and dynamic tool on their site." Michael added. |
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VRM is signing clients up to use our maps on a very frequent basis, and we hope to be their mapping solutions partner for many years to come. |
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