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.
I just set up this 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 each click you need to make to build your first map.
MapVine uses Google Maps, and you have your choice of street map view, satellite or hybrid. You can zoom in as far as you like, or cover a whole state or metro region if need be.
I see lots of cool uses of this tool for Realtors and bloggers. Check it out.
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Written by Maureen Francis
SKBK Sotheby's International Realty, 248.430.4450
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Dave Dugdale 10.17.06 at 10:10 am
Maureen, thanks for giving my new mapping tool a test drive and writing about it!
I am looking for suggestions and feedback to help improve the mapping tool, if anyone out there has tried it and has a suggestion please let me know.
Thanks!
Dave Dugdale
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