Destination Marketing Interactive Map - Flash
21 April, 2006

Category: Retail

Industry:  Local Government, Cartography, Restaurants / Entertainment, Software Development, GIS Software Products, Internet/Web Mapping/Web Services, Tourism, Urban and Regional Planning, Internet Portals

Brief Description: Local guide for downtown business district. Database driven web mapping application providing interactive maps and searchable database of business listings.

Client-side technologies: Macrmedia Flash, XHMTL

Server-side technologies: PHP

Server-side applications: Citylight

Database technology:  MySQL

Commercial GIS Software used: MapInfo Professional and Avenza MAPublisher for cartoraphic production.

Application areas: Destination Marketing and Tourism

Original work produced: Map Controls (load layers, zoom layers, pan, zoom, tooltips) are processed inside client's browser, so no page reloading is necessary. Meanwhile, the MySQL database has been spatially enabled as follows: 1) filtered map results by category 2) proximity results for nearest businesses in other categories on click through pages, and 3) geocoding of new records at the point of data entry.

Time invested in development: 4 weeks

— Jim Blakeslee (jim.blakeslee@geocentric.com), Geocentric

DigiLondon
26 March, 2006

Category: Google Mashup

Industry:  Tourism

Brief Description: DigiLondon is a new way to find location based information in London. Using up to the minute satellite technologies like Google Earth and Google Maps and Wikipedia you can find out about hundreds of major London locations in seconds.

— Lee Rickler (digilee@digilondon.com), DigiLondon

Community information map
22 March, 2006

Category: Retail

Industry:  Real Estate, Local Government, Environmental, Utilities, Architecture / Engineering / Construction, Cartography, Geocoding, Database, Software Development, Computer Aided Drafting (CAD), Topographic/Elevation Data, Surveying, Land Information/Land Use, Internet/Web Mapping/Web Services, Tourism

Brief Description: Light weight dynamic web mapping application with geocoded search tool.
Sources range from paper to GIS data.

Client-side technologies: Macromedia Flash viewer

Server-side technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Apache

Server-side applications: None

Database technology:  MySQL

Commercial GIS Software used: MapInfo, Edigeo, AutoCAD, MAPublisher (map production)

Original work produced: Database and map content gathered from various sources: land survey, DTM for relief, paper scans... User-friendly interface. New entries by click & drag with automatic geocoding. Master file available for editing purpose.

Time invested in development: 25 days

Maximum number of concurrent users: Webserver overload limit !

— Vincent MALANDAIN (vima@eole-production.com), EOLE-P2

Vegetarian Restaurant Map
14 February, 2006

Category: Google Mashup

Industry:  Restaurants / Entertainment

Brief Description: Map shows locations of vegetarian, veggie friendly and vegan restaurants and hotels. Mainly based in the UK at present, but we are rapidly expanding our database. No need to click the map, just hover over a marker and the restaurant details are shown. Click the displayed link to show reviews of the restaurant.

Client-side technologies: Ajax

Server-side technologies: Perl

Database technology:  MySQL

Original work produced: Easy to browse by making markers auto display info text on hover.

Time invested in development: 2 weeks

Maximum number of concurrent users: 100

— Paul Ryder (paul@veggieplaces.co.uk), Veggie Places

MarketHive web maps provide rich media and demographic content.
08 February, 2006

Category: Retail

Industry:  Cartography, Advertising / Marketing / Mkt Research, Business GIS, Demographic Data, Software Development

Brief Description: MarketHive is a rich web mapping service providing free market research tools. Maps are displayed by state and include AM, FM, TV and major newspaper locations. Demographic displays for more than 90 variables regarding population, housing and commuters. Create demographic summaries for FM and TV coverage areas displayed in report form.

Client-side technologies: HTML, SVG, JavaScript

Server-side technologies: JavaScript

Application areas: Media Buyers, Advertising, Marketing, Business

Time invested in development: 1 year and counting

— Ken Curry (ken.curry@amalgamonline.com), Amalgam LLC

Total 325 maps on 65 pages