Multimap showcases the latest version of its API service at TDS Asia

Multimap, a provider of online mapping and location-based services, showcased the latest version of its leading-edge API service (version 1.2) at the Travel Distribution Summit Asia in Singapore.

Published: 13 Mar 2007

Multimap, a provider of online mapping and location-based services, showcased the latest version of its leading-edge API service (version 1.2) at the Travel Distribution Summit Asia in Singapore.

The Multimap API v. 1.2 brings together searching, routing, mapping, geocoding, and POI data and imagery, into a single one-stop service, for the first time.

The API offers major new areas of functionality, and also takes Multimap’s mapping interface to a new level, with the addition of overview maps, smooth zooming, automatic de-cluttering of icons, and many other features:

· Mapping - draggable maps with ‘fast fill’ smooth zooming; suite of widgets (including location breadcrumbs, overview map, map tools, zoom slider); custom menus, map interactions and events; custom markers with automatic ‘de-clutter’, tabbed info boxes, dynamic text and icons; and choice of map types and styles.

· Searching - choice of search modes, including search by radius, location ID, bounding box, donut and driving distance, search along route and non-spatial search; custom result ordering, pagination and display; fuzzy searching (including starts with, ends with, contains, sounds like); and plug-and-play POI data.

· Routing - point-to-point, multiple via points and ‘travelling salesman’ optimization; multi-language directions; multi-modal routing (e.g., drive to here, then walk to here) and avoid specific road types; choice of outputs (text, highlight, ‘expense claim’, summary); enabled for route animation.

· Geocoding - single point of access to Multimap’s full, best-in-class geocoding capability; high-accuracy, high-performance geocoding; and java-script and HTTP access.

· Local Information - Points of Interest (POI) can be easily displayed on maps, and routed to and from. Multimap provides access to a large range of POI, including schools, transportation, restaurants and bars, ATMs, car parks and more.

Chris Warrick, managing director - Multimap Australasia, one of the speakers for the Travel Distribution Summit Asia, said, “In our experience, the travel sector is often among the first to seek out new and innovative solutions, and services that will differentiate their websites. The latest release of our API brings together mapping, routing, and, importantly for travel, points of interest. We believe this will be a very popular feature for the travel sector, since it will allow our users to show many different types of complementary information — such as locations of ATMs, car parking facilities, train stations, Wi-Fi hotspots — to travelers. This in turn should increase consumers’ confidence to move ahead to make a booking, thereby boosting the ratio of lookers to bookers.”

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