>the introduction of its free API for neighborhoods, allowing developers to
>build applications that are designed with local search in mind. More
>information is available at
http://urbanmapping.com/freehoods.
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> Neighborhood boundaries are of significant value across the local
>search and interactive real estate landscape as they represent how users
>think about space, something ZIP code boundaries have proven woefully
>inadequate at providing. The UMI neighborhood database contains more than
>25,000 distinct neighborhoods, each geographically defined. Coverage
>includes more than 1,000 cities and towns in the United States. A Canadian
>and European product includes an additional 100+ cities.
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> "We are thrilled to make UMI's neighborhood database available to
>developers. Those involved in local search have been craving a tool to
>translate fuzzy space into something meaningful, and our Urbanware(TM)
>product does that," commented Ian White, CEO of Urban Mapping. "Informal
>space represents how people think and it's high time for application
>developers to have intuitive, user-friendly tools."
>
> Because UMI already provides its core database to leading portals,
>companies within the search marketing ecosystem are able to leverage the
>same geographic definitions for the same geographic keywords. Using the
>Urban Mapping geographic definitions, smaller organizations can reap
>benefits previously unavailable to them.
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> Developers may register for the free neighborhood API at
>
http://urbanmapping.com/webinquiry.html.
>
> Urban Mapping's Urbanware products enhance the value of local content
>for interactive platforms. Its flagship product, Urbanware Neighborhoods, is
>a database of informal space, is used by all major portals, map platforms
>and Internet yellow page publishers including Microsoft's Virtual Earth,
>MapQuest and
YellowPages.com. The company also offers a database of mass
>transit systems and a novel geotargeting solution focused on the needs of
>local search. For more information about Urban Mapping, visit
>
http://www.urbanmapping.com.
>
> Urban Mapping and Urbanware are trademarks of Urban Mapping, Inc.
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urbanmapping.com
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http://urbanmapping.com
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