Category Archives: Business Mapping Software blog post

How Do I Automate Imported Location-Data Updates?

Location-based address or latitude-longitude datasets are a vital element of business mapping. Map creators import location data to display relevant points of interest, define areas of interest, or add relevant resources to a business map. Imported location datasets can be … Continue reading

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MapBusinessOnline Base Map Layers to Transition to Vector Tiles on April 30, 2022

Effective April 30, 2022, MapBusinessOnline business mapping software will change its base map (background) layer format. MapBusinessOnline will be transitioning to vector tile-based map backgrounds. Why is this Change Taking Place? This adjustment is occurring due to changes in background … Continue reading

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Go to the Geo-Super Bowl with MapBusinessOnline – Pro

The subscription purchases of MapBusinessOnline Pro have been on the rise. Some purchasers of Pro are new users of MapBusinessOnline entirely; others are upgraders from the Standard subscription. Most users usually choose the USA Map Data, and some select to … Continue reading

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Start Your Business Map with Nothing & Add Value

Click the Create New Map button on the far left of the MapBusinessOnline Master Toolbar. Don’t even look at the map. Go to Map and Data and uncheck the background Street Layer. Now, look at the map. What do you … Continue reading

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MapBusinessOnline Standard’s Recent Enhancements

MapBusinessOnline software development is constantly putting new features into the product. Not every feature warrants a press release. We try to keep the user-base notified of new features as they happen. But sometimes, in the fog of daily business, we … Continue reading

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How Do I Optimize and Search Location Data?

Before 1995 map data import was quite the magic trick. Using MapBusinessOnline, a subscriber can import an address list of business locations, and map points will magically appear on the map at those exact locations. We take this for granted … Continue reading

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Business Mapping Solutions for Business Problems

In professional life, business challenges occur every day. These bumps in the road may indicate a need for business mapping. Business problems are often location-related to an address, ZIP code, or county. For example, COVID-19 is a business problem that … Continue reading

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Adding Demographic Data to Map Layer Labels Using MapBusinessOnline

Demographic Data is such a fun digital tool to play within business mapping software. MapBusinessOnline subscriptions include access to the most popular categories of USA demographic data available from the US Census Bureau. Canadian data is available for our northern … Continue reading

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Which State is Safer – Maine or Wyoming?

We’ve been publishing daily, bi-weekly, and now weekly business map snapshots of the COVID-19 virus epidemic and the COVID vaccination status by the state since March of 2020. These shared maps have been visual representations of where we stand as … Continue reading

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Quickly Calculating Driving Distances & Times from One-to-Many Location Points

Below is a description of a straightforward solution to a typical driving time or driving distance problem. The capability is built right into MapBusinessOnline Pro. Suppose you’ve got Dataset X that contains hundreds or thousands of points, and you would … Continue reading

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