Tag Archives: MapPoint

Drilling Down on that Low Hanging, Open Kimono

The Drill Down It’s 2015 and time for you to finally explore your business mapping options; especially in light of the shutdown of Microsoft MapPoint. We can make this transition easy for you. We really can. And if you’ve been … Continue reading

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How Do I Start My First Business Map?

Your boss or your organization has recently realized they need some sort of businessmap and they’ve asked you to manage the process. What do you do? I recently watched my wife go through this process with her organization. It inspired … Continue reading

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Drive Time and Driving Distance Queries in MapBusinessOnline

Ever wonder what the polygon created by driving your car in every direction possible from one central point for 30 miles would look like? Yeah, you have. Admit it. Using your car to solve that conundrum will take a while. … Continue reading

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What’s the Point of a Zip Code Point?

The U.S. Postal Service introduced ZIP codes in 1963 to make mail delivery more efficient. The point of the ZIP code was to organize the mail sort and mail delivery processes by zones – to make the postal workflow more … Continue reading

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Do You Need to Update Imported Data in Map Business Online?

Most Map Business Online customers import location-based business spreadsheets into business mapping software on a regular basis. This is a core function of our product. Whether the data is for customer mapping, retail mapping or some other business data visualization, … Continue reading

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Do You Map Demographically? Updated Demographic Layers in Map Business Online

Great business mapping software includes the ability to create maps based on demographics. Demographic data lends itself nicely to map views because the data is often collected in relation to location. Census data is the primary source of the demographic … Continue reading

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NEW! Shared Map Editing with Map Business Online

Map Business Online has just implemented more advanced account management tools for business mapping software subscribers. Our most recent release, Map Business Online 4.3, initiates our account management tools by enabling subscription management tools. This means you as a map … Continue reading

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NEW! Map Templates in Map Business Online

With the release of MapBusinessOnline.com 4.3 last week, Map Business Online now includes a map templates folder. Map templates are used to store a map you’ve created that you’d like to use as a starting point for future maps. Map … Continue reading

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“We put 700 dots on a map.”

Read this fascinating tale of Data Visualization from The Onion. “We as a nation have problems that we must face head-on. Visualizing them might be the first step in tackling them before it’s too late. Now that we have such … Continue reading

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How Does Map Business Online Compare? (IMHO)

In addition to Microsoft MapPoint, a desktop business mapping desktop application scheduled for shutdown this December, MapBusinessOnline.com competes with a number of web-based or Cloud service mapping software tools. Most of them are pretty decent mapping applications. And you can … Continue reading

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