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mapIT Introduces the deCarta L2 Geospatial Search Engine in South Africa
~ Customers Can Geocode and Index Custom Geospatial Content and Make it Available in Single Line Local Search ~ Johannesburg, South Africa (April 2013) – mapIT, your digital mapping partner, today introduced deCarta, Inc., the leading independent, global LBS technology company’s 3rd generation local search technology, the L2 Geospatial Search Engine to South Africa. L2 is a high performance, scalable local search engine with single line input and a simpler, more intuitive user interface. deCarta sources and indexes premium map and POI (Points of Interest) content but also enables customers to index and control their own content using the L2 Index tools. Customers can host the search engine either on-premise or in a cloud service such as Amazon’s AWS. “This latest release from deCarta strengthens even further the digital mapping solution stable … Read entire article »
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mapIT, in association with Integrat, announce their first DEVELOPERS DAY in Kenya using the deCarta LBS API
~An opportunity to play with the latest and greatest JavaScript mapping API ~ To follow on from the last successful mapIT Developers Day held in October 2012, mapIT, are looking at expanding their service offering across Africa and will be hosting their first Developer’s Day in Nairobi, Kenya on the 25th March 2013. The event will be hosted in association with mapIT’s Kenyan partner, Integrat – a leading mobile aggregation services provider. The development session will showcase the latest features available on the deCarta Location Based Services (LBS) platform covering both web and mobile applications. The focus will be on deCarta’s newest version of its JavaScript application programming interface (API) which is built on top of the industry’s leading independent high-volume LBS platform. With more than 8 million kms of road and … Read entire article »
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Announcing Developers Day, Jo’burg – Friday 5 October
~An opportunity to play with the latest and greatest JavaScript mapping API ~ To follow on from the last successful mapIT Developers Day held in March this year with over 60 developers attending, the company is excited to announce that they will be hosting yet another free Developers Day taking place on Friday the 5th October in Johannesburg. This will be a development session where delegates will learn all about the latest features available on the platform covering both web and mobile and focuses on deCarta’s newest version of its JavaScript API built on top of the industry’s leading independent high-volume LBS platform. Leveraging cutting-edge HTML5 technologies developers will see how to write once and deploy everywhere with the cross-device API that will allow for building applications that run seamlessly on tablets, smartphones … Read entire article »
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Discovery 702 Walk-the-Talk Route Planner
The Discovery 702 Walk the Talk is one of Joburg’s most well-loved and supported outdoor events attracting 50 000 entrants for the 5km, 8km, 15km and 30km walks. The walk takes place this Sunday 22 July 2012 and for the second year running, mapIT, the leader in digital mapping, will provide support for participants, spectators, local residents and organisers of the race with its online mapping service. A fully interactive map indicating the 5km, 8km 15km and 30km routes, profiles for the 15km and 30km,, water points, , doggy ‘rest stops’ ,street level zooming, directions around road closures, parking areas and live traffic twitter feeds are available on http://walkthetalk.mapit.co.za to make the experience a little easier for entrants, spectators and local residents. To view the route planner visit http://walkthetalk.mapit.co.za/ “mapIT supported this … Read entire article »
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mapIT introduces advanced, free access LBS development portal to SA developers and companies
Reconfirming its commitment to the development of (LBS) location-based services in South Africa, mapIT has launched its DevZone Portal (http://developer.mapit.co.za/), an online platform which provides developers with free access to, amongst others, deCarta’s geospatial software platform, the Drill Down Server (DDS), web and mobile APIs, MapSearch Engine and other LBS development tools. Testament to the need for a South African-based LBS development portal, 62 companies pre-registered for access to the DevZone Portal that also offers an online forum and access to pressing FAQs – all improving and enhancing the development process. The launch of the DevZone portal also follows hot on the heels of mapIT’s first, very successful DevZone Day, aimed at providing SA developers with in-depth knowledge on its new, world-class LBS offering. Comments Ettienne Louw, MD of mapIT: “The launch of … Read entire article »
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mapIT develops interactive online map for Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour 2012
mapIT has developed in partnership with Tracker, a highly interactive online route map for the popular Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour on 11 March, 2012. The map can be viewed at: http://cycletour.mapservice.co.za/ The site is built on the deCarta LBS application, a recently signed exclusive distribution with foremost LBS provider deCarta. Features include accurate street level zooming, an automated routing function to plan and navigate, route profile, medical and water point locations. In addition, popular social media application Twitter has been integrated into the map, allowing users to ‘tweet’ (#CycleTourTrust) whilst on the site. Another major feature of the map is Live Tracking, which will be coordinated in partnership with Tracker. The digital map will feature a tab called ‘Tracking’. This is where the live tracking information provided by Tracker will be … Read entire article »
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deCarta Roadshow
mapIT went on the road for a week to showcase the deCarta platform, after signing exclusive distribution with deCarta. The team started in Cape Town on Monday 20th February at our sister company, MapStudio, premises where we had over 50 registered. The following day they went to Durban at another Avusa company, Hirt & Carter, where the most amazing sign was printed, see below image. There were again over 50 registered for this day. The roadshow ended with two day in Jo’burg where we again had 50 registered for these days. The final day of the roadshow, 24 February, ended with our first ever Developers DevZone Day. We had over 80 registered and what a great turnout! A competition for the best application to be developed was held and the winner … Read entire article »
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mapIT signs exclusive distribution with foremost LBS provider, deCarta
First for SA – free access to the platform during development phase Marking a first for the SA mapping and LBS (location-based services) industry, South African digital mapping enabler mapIT has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with the world’s leading independent enabler of LBS , deCarta. With 15 years experience, deCarta provides software and services that can add mapping, routing and local search functionality to companies’ services, all in their own branded offerings. The agreement, effective immediately and spanning Sub-Saharan Africa, will see mapIT providing an integrated digital map offering running on deCarta’s acclaimed LBS platform which currently features over 30 million users across the world. Moreover, deCarta’s LBS architecture has been responsible for the proliferation of some of the world’s most well-known map offerings currently available. It’s highly integratable platform allows for … Read entire article »
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