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Frequently Asked Map Business Online Optimized Routing Questions

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Geoffrey Ives

Every week new users try map Business Online as a possible routing software replacement for Microsoft MapPoint. MapPoint gave away a lot of routing functionality for $350 per seat.  The cancellation of MapPoint means there are many companies around North … Continue reading →

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How to Create a ZIP Code Map

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Geoffrey Ives

In Map Business Online a business mapping software user can create a ZIP code map  simply by selecting the ZIP code layer in the Map & Data box. Viola – you have a ZIP code map. But we know that business people … Continue reading →

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How to Build a Dot Density Map

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Geoffrey Ives

A dot density map is a classic business data visualization exercise. Business data visualization is probably the most common and straight forward way to apply business mapping software to your business. Many companies ask how to import and view customer data in … Continue reading →

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Filter Your Map View

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Geoffrey Ives

Maps can get complicated. Good map makers should always seek to avoid map clutter.  Even so, your business map analysis may require several layers of imported business data along with demographic layers and territories.  Things can get busy. Map Business Online … Continue reading →

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MapPoint Refugees Do Have a Place to Go

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Geoffrey Ives

As Microsoft MapPoint users continue to turn to Map Business Online for a MapPoint replacement, I thought it might be valuable for website visitors, new users and trial users to understand why Map Business Online is the best business mapping software that very … Continue reading →

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My Perspective on Data Visualization

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Geoffrey Ives

Visualization as a business process could be viewed as the transformation of accepted business reality into a new perspective within your business reality. In my family life, an example might be the gradual shift in the way an in-law parent … Continue reading →

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Business Mapping Software on the Rebound

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Geoffrey Ives

We’ve talked a lot about using Map Business Online as a MapPoint replacement, but we also get a lot of calls and emails from users who recently purchased a competitor’s mapping service but have decided they made the wrong choice. … Continue reading →

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Business Mapping as Database Management

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Geoffrey Ives

Business mapping software provides location-based map visualizations of your business which include a basic database of associated records that you can easily control. In other words, a business map lets you highlight or color shade a specific area of geography … Continue reading →

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The Power of Business Mapping Software

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Geoffrey Ives

What does an organization miss by not using business mapping software? That’s a valid question. All software applications cost money to acquire and require investments in people and time to implement. While it is true that the required investments for … Continue reading →

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Communicating with Business Maps

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Geoffrey Ives

For centuries maps were used for navigation and planning, as opposed to communicating. Early map addicts included explorers like Columbus, Magellan, and Hudson. The planners of history using maps were people like Napoleon, Richard I, and Thomas Jefferson. Today we … Continue reading →

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