Interesting platform being offered for free, but many upgrades that need to be added to be 100% effective.  A step in the right direction overall.  There has been one review of the performance so far by Chandu Thota.

(via Greg Sterling)

Urban Mapping has created an API and is offering its database of neighborhoods across the US for free to developers. The company works with search engines and portals to provide more accurate search results (and advertising) when people use “colloquial” or local queries that are not reflected in official boundaries or recognized geographic designations.

CEO Ian White told me in an email that he envisions the API being used by “any site that captures [local] listings of any type (e.g., events, real estate, business listings, etc.) . . . they can now associate [them with] a neighborhood attribute.” He’s also eager to see how developers creatively use the API in alternative ways.

Trackback URI | Comments RSS