Keyword: mapping

Attention real estate industry- MapQuest no longer sucks

Attention real estate industry- MapQuest no longer sucks

MapQuest is now awesome! When I saw that MapQuest had just undergone a makeover and new identity, I was shocked, having previously assumed that they would eventually fade into oblivion since Google has dominated mapping for some time now. Mapping is one of the major cornerstones of real estate search, so any advancements in this industry will have a clear ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/06/30  | 23 Comments Social Media

Bing Maps Add Augmented Reality, Dwarfs Google Maps

Bing Maps Add Augmented Reality, Dwarfs Google Maps

TED Talk blows us away Blaise Aguera y Arcas is the architect of Being Maps at Microsoft, you may remember his demonstration of Photosynth a few years back. In the TED2010 Talk below, Blaise demonstrates Microsoft Bing’s new augmented reality mapping technology and while the first few minutes are slow, watch the entire video because it will blow your mind. ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/03/24  | 15 Comments Tech

Create & Print Custom Wall Maps Very Inexpensively

Create & Print Custom Wall Maps Very Inexpensively

Custom wall maps I know we’re all big huge fans of the MLS maps from the local Board of Realtors, but wouldn’t it be nice to have a close up of your niche area? Wouldn’t you love to have a map on your wall that was zoomed in enough that you could actually push pin your listings into it? Call ...

Lani Rosales | 2010/02/08  | 8 Comments Tech

Foursquare Now Allows Check-ins Anywhere: Top 10 Ideas List

Foursquare Now Allows Check-ins Anywhere: Top 10 Ideas List

Using Foursquare to build your Real Estate Connections in 2010

Janie Coffey | 2010/01/13  | 49 Comments Social Media

Google Perspective is Like Google Street View on Crack

Google Perspective is Like Google Street View on Crack

Google Perspective Just in case you’re not sick of hearing news from Google, there’s more and this time it has a clear cut implication in the real estate industry. Today, Google announced Google Perspective which is “a new type of mapping imagery” giving developers access (through the Google maps API) to high-res imagery taken from an aerial perspective that lets ...

Lani Rosales | 2009/12/09  | 15 Comments Real Estate