Map Upgrade: Location List, Export, Drag to Recenter

The maps on Metro Mapper have been upgraded to take advantage of the newest features in the Your Mapper Platform.



Here is an overview of what's new:

Location List
A clickable and sortable list of locations appears below the map.

Drag to Recenter
Drag the Y Guy around the map to recenter at a new location. Or click the "use map center" button in the address area to use the center of the current view.

Export Options
Your current search data is exportable via the "more links" option at the bottom of the map. Some options are GeoRSS, KML, CSV, Google Maps, Emailing, and Mobile.

Quick Filtering
Clicking a category on the left of a map will automatically limit the results to that one category.

Streamlined
The center address, filtering, and export options are hidden by default to reduce clutter and help you focus on the map itself. They are available with one click if you need them.

We hope this makes you data research and browsing easier, and gives you a few more options right on the same page.

From a technical perspective, these maps offer exactly the same functionality as the detail maps on our parent site, Your Mapper. Both sites now use our new Easy Widget technology to allow us to put dynamic maps into any web pages, even our own. Soon we will be opening up these widgets to the public and private companies, where you can embed them into your own site - no account required!

Official Louisville Home Foreclosures

A Louisville, KY home foreclosure map has been added to Metro Mapper. The data comes from an official agreement with the Jefferson County PVA through GovMapper, and is added to the site using Your Mapper's API and map embedding services.

Municipal Partnership: Jefferson County PVA and Metro Mapper

We've launched a new map as part of a partnership with the Jefferson County PVA. We've put all of their property values on an interactive map that is embedded on their site. There is also a version on our Metro Mapper site.


It's a perfect example of working with existing government data, and creating an interactive map for the government agency's site. It's going to keep people coming back to their site, and gain a whole new following of people that find the Metro Mapper site then see the property value map. I think it’s really going to improve the way people search for information, and raise everyone’s expectations for what the government should be providing to citizens.

Here is the full press release text from the PVA:

Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator, Tony Lindauer, announced today another enhancement to the PVA award winning website. All property parcel values across Jefferson County will be viewable on a free interactive map.

The new service supplements the existing address search, since it allows citizens to see the property values around them at-a-glance without having to know the neighboring street names.

A citizen can enter any address or street and see the closest parcels. A marker for each parcel will show a popup with useful information, including the property and land value, owner name, date assessed, parcel thumbnail, and type of property. The popup will include a link to the subscription web service, which gives even more detailed information on property.

The new service will be available on Monday, October 27, 2008. Lindauer said the interactive maps, similar to Google Maps, will be more user friendly in accessing snapshot information for each parcel.

Michael Schnuerle, of Louisville Metro Mapper, who designed the enhancement for the website, said: “It’s great that the Jefferson County PVA is constantly improving the website. This visual mapping tool will make browsing for property information much easier. “

To facilitate the data exchange, the PVA is using the open data format called the OMG Standard.

New Customer: Joe Hayden, Realtor

Joe Hayden just launched one of our free embedded maps in his real estate site. He's starting of with the restaurant map as a service to his visitors, generating site traffic and interest, and he set it all up himself using our online toolset.

Joe's Restaurant Map

Joe's been doing some terrific things on the internet, improving his current site, and creating a well thought out and informative companion blog. He also has a good handle on the power of a good blog, rss feeds, relevant keywords and SEO, and a great MLS search tool, not to mention terrific knowledge of real estate and the market!

Joe has had a number of great suggestions for Metro Mapper's embedded map service, and we are looking into implementing them. He also has an interesting career background, from flying planes to recording engineer on everything from George Jones to the Muppets!

New Mapplets: Crime, Sex Offenders, Real Estate

We've added 3 new mapplets for crime, sex offenders, and daily updated real estate listings. Mapplets give you the power to overlay Metro Mapper's, other people's, and your own data all at once on the same map. We keep it up to date, and you view the results all at once on your own Google map, available from any computer!

Add them to your maps page from the Google Maps Directory.

Updated Map: Homes for Sale

Big news! The Real Estate homes for sale map is back online, and way better than ever! It's now updated nightly, has more information for each listing, and more search options.


Leave a comment and let us know what you think. I know some people wrote that they missed the old home search, so I hope this new one will be better and more useful for them.