Put Your Business, Organization, and Yourself on the Great Map of the Outdoors Literally and Online at www.maptech.com, Using MapServer's New My Maps Toolbox
- The Largest Collection of Free Topographic Maps and Charts for Land, Sea, and Air
GREENLAND, NH - February 6, 2001 - Maptech adds a new dimension to its MapServer, the largest free, online mapping resource for maps and charts on land, sea, and air. The new My Maps feature is the ultimate "mapping show-off" system available to the public -- highlight your business or personal adventure on genuine topographic maps and nautical charts. Using My Maps you can mark a location, name and link it to a web site of your choice. Save the location and email your personal collection of My Maps. It's easy. It's free. The applications are endless.
Major Features of MapServer "My Maps"
Make your own location maps using the images on the MapServer: over 65,000 topographic maps (complete US coverage), official marine charts for US waters, and aeronautical charts.
Use the simple step-by-step My Map Wizard to mark a location on the map or chart.
Choose from over 100 My Maps icons for recreational and professional uses like boating, hiking, real estate, forestry management, biking, bird watching, transportation tracking, fishing, hunting, engineering, skiing, search and rescue, telecommunications, environmental projects and much more. The icon will be displayed at the location you selected.
Link any web site to My Maps. The linked web sites can contain text, graphics, ads, pictures, sound and video directly related to the location. For example, a House For Sale icon can be linked to a web site with the multiple listing information for the property - including pictures.
Name and save it in your personalized My Maps list for quick reference. You can access the map from any computer connected to the web at any time.
Print your My Maps or Email to clients, friends or colleagues. Direct them to your website to see your entire collection of My Maps.
With the toolbox you can create your own My Maps and connect them to a variety of supporting material. Visit
our home page (http://www.maptech.com)
and click on MapServer. From here select the "New My Map Location
Icon" image for a full demo and application examples. If you are already familiar with the MapServer, find your map or chart and at the bottom of the image hit the
"Make My Maps" button. It's easy, show-off, it's free.
Potential Uses: Applications are endless
Show and tell your friends what you did - hiked that, caught my biggest fish here, kayaked all the way from..., stopped at these marinas from Maine to Florida. OK, show-off and do it with style.
Keep track of your organization's projects in the outdoors, report and show progress to members.
Locate environmental project sites with full descriptions linked back to your web site.
Give a tour of your real estate land listings - all from your office chair or email to clients.
Show your engineering or construction plans to clients and Planning Boards - the MapServer gives you an integrated system to link
maps, pictures, text etc. in an easy show and tell format.
Keep track of valuable assets - like construction equipment, sea-faring vessels, cell towers etc.
My Maps is a great business communication and tracking tool. And on a personal level, have some fun. Show and tell others where you go on your outdoor adventures.
