A few months ago we organized a tour of SKBK Sotheby’s Beverly Hills listings. It was a big success. One of the things that we did was map out all the listings for our web site and flyers. At the time, the maps were a bit of a pain to do well without buying mapping software.
Today I came across a new mapping tool that I think will solve this problem. We are organizing a tour of In Town Birmingham homes and mapVine will be put to use to map the tour. mapVine has only been out for a few days, so you are getting the first shot at using this nifty tool.
I just set up a test map of a few of our Birmingham listings to see how it works. The user interface is very easy to use. Anyone who has uploaded listings to their own site or to craigslist, should be able to do it. There is a short on-line video tutorial that will lead you through building your first map.
MapVine uses Google Maps, and you have your choice of street map view, satellite or hybrid. You can zoom in as close as you like, or cover a whole state or metro region if need be.
I am going to point you over to an article on my other blog to see how cool mapVine is because I cannot insert html into this post for you to appreciate the full functionality of the finished product. The map is interactive. You can click on the balloons to see more info about my listings. If you click on the links in the balloons you'll be lead back to the pages about those homes on my web site.
I see lots of cool uses of this tool for Realtors and bloggers. Check it out. And if you have feedback for the guy who wrote the code, he's anxious to hear it.
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