Plotting properties on Google Maps... (made easy)

I was collaborating a few weeks back on a project with my good friend Scott Cowan, Keller Williams, Gig Harbor, Washington. He's developing a marketing and information strategy on the Stadium District in Tacoma, Washington.

We were kicking around a few ideas on how to quickly and easily present sold's or particular properties in the neighborhood. I immediately thought of BatchGeo.com. It plots properties on Google Maps and let's you embed the map on your blog or website for public or private viewing.

The maps are stored on the BatchGeo site and you can come back to them and change parameters and update at anytime. You can also create KLM files for Google Earth and create street views.

All you need is any kind of spreadsheet like Excel, Google Docs, Open Source etc. Use headers in your file so BatchGeo knows what fields are the address to create the latitude/longitude to plot your properties on the map. You can add other fields you want to share information like sales date and price, bedrooms, square feet, and subdivision. They'll pop up in a balloon above the property marker.

Use this simple form to configure your map. 

Simply highlight the area in your spreadsheet that you want to use and copy/paste it into the data box on the page. You can set other parameters like expiration date, yes/no to advertisements, and render method. Then click Validate, and save. 

BatchGeo plots it out on the Google Map for you and creates a string for an Iframe you can use to embed the map on your blog or website. You'll also get a link you can use to come back to the map so you can change parameters and make any tweaks or updates you want. I like the feature that you can make the map private or public at anytime.

This has a lot of possibilities for all kinds of presentations. A visual is worth a lot of words and I've used it to present properties like homes with specific views, where are the apartment buildings, properties with specific zonings, strip malls, and schools... etc. etc.

René is well known throughout the Pacific Northwest for his innovative marketing programs. He is a sought after speaker and motivator respected for his knowledge, keen interest, and insightful approach to contemporary marketing ideas and technologies.

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