John L. Scott’s Neighborhood Wizard was just the latest by a web site to clean up map based real estate search (see The Evolution of Map Based Searches). And while I called it a ‘gimmick’ in my earlier post, it is an important step forward towards making map searches more usable.
Point2 Homes has released a [...]
Google recently called on me to give a quote for a case study they were writing on their Maps API (see New Blog to Keep an Eye On) and the case study is now live at Google Code. I’m a little bummed they didn’t give me a hyperlink but oh well, what can you do?
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Interested in the “geoweb” or where maps meet the Internet? Google LatLong is a new blog from the Google Earth and Maps team that you may want to bookmark.
As far as I’m concerned, Google releasing its Maps API was the flashpoint that sparked the Real Estate 2.0 revolution - so I’ll keep an eye on [...]
With Shackprices.com getting a nice nod from Inman yesterday (now behind subscription paywall, unfortunately), I thought it appropriate to look at a couple of new real estate search mashups that have come across my inbox recently.
For real estate professionals or brokers looking to add a complete IDX map search to their web site, dsSearchAgent is [...]
Zillow’s got ‘em. So does Trulia. Crazy Egg will even map your web site activity with them. Basically, any data set can be made visually sexier with a heatmap.
That said, the GeoIQ API renders some of the best looking heat maps that I’ve seen so far. Check out their API Example.
I suspect we’ll be seeing [...]
Poynter Online reports from New Jersey on Montclair-based site Baristanet’s attempts to track the changes in their neighborhood through a Google Maps mashup. [via Lost Remote]
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