July 14, 2010-- NORWICH, Vt. – Maponics ( www.maponics.com), a leader in location-based data for businesses, and Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE), the leader in online real estate, today announced Maponics School Boundaries TM and Neighborhood Boundaries TM will soon be available on the Move Network of real estate Web sites.
As a result, visitors to the Move Network, including Realtor.com® and Move.com®, will be able to use data from the Maponics School Boundaries product to view school locations for primary, middle, high school and other public schools; private school locations; and attendance zones and district boundaries in relation to homes and apartments of interest.
In addition, through the Neighborhood Boundaries product, visitors on the Move Network will also have instant access to neighborhood boundaries, neighborhood zoning types (e.g., commercial, industrial, residential) and social use designations (e.g. retirement community, cultural or theatre districts, etc.).
“For many families, searching for their next home includes careful consideration of school districts, community amenities and other points of interest before making a decision with confidence on what neighborhoods are right for their needs,” said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of Move, Inc. “We’re pleased to add these powerful features to our real estate search experience for the millions of home buyers using the Move Network to find their next home.”
The newly integrated Maponics feature will be one of many powerful search tools available on the REALTOR.com® site giving visitors an added tool to search and view key elements of cities and communities. Visitors to Move’s Network will find that the combination of the Maponics data and the GreatSchoolsTM listing feature that provides a rating of local schools by parents, will enable them to make more informed decisions.
“It’s gratifying to work with the leader in real estate search and with more than 12 million visitors per month, our school and neighborhood boundaries data will help power a huge number of searches,” said Darrin Clement, CEO of Maponics. “This is a great example of how important schools and neighborhoods are in real estate decisions and demonstrates that our data is quickly becoming the standard in real estate search.”
About Move, Inc.
Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) is the leader in online real estate with 12.4 million (1) monthly visitors to its online network of websites. Move, Inc. operates: Move.com, a leading destination for information on new homes and rental listings, moving, home and garden and home finance; REALTOR.com®, the official website of the National Association of REALTORS®; Moving.com; SeniorHousingNet; and TOP PRODUCER Systems. Move, Inc. is based in Campbell, California.
About Maponics
Maponics specializes in location-based data and information for businesses, including school, neighborhood, carrier route and ZIP Code boundary data. Local search, real estate, mobile, social media and marketing firms rely on Maponics to power ultra-local interactive search, mapping, and ad targeting platforms, including Google®, Twitter®, Move®,Trulia®, Citysearch®, Yellow Book USA®, infoUSA®, D&B, Dominion Enterprises® (eNeighborhoods®, Homes.com® and ForRent.com®), AccuData ®, Zvents ®, HelloMetro, CitySquares ®, Loopt®, Monster.com®, Zillow®, Lowe’s® and many others. The Maponics Online Store, powered by Maponics data, is the only place USPS.com refers to for postal maps. The company is located in Norwich, Vermont. Additional information can be found at www.maponics.com.
Maponics and/or other noted Maponics related products contained herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of Maponics, LLC. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners. (C) 2010 Maponics, LLC. All rights reserved.
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