MapSavvy Web Mapping Blog

While it's important to be able to obtain affordable aerial imagery, it's also important to make sure you're using the most updated Bing Maps images for your business, research, or government application.

When small businesses need affordable aerial imagery, they need a web mapping service for small businesses that provides the aerial imagery they need for their business applications…and at a price their business can afford.

We talked last month about how MapSavvy helps recession proof your organization, and this month, we're talking about a related theme: how to stop wasting money on web map images by switching to MapSavvy.

With multiple financial gurus predicting a recession in the United States, it's important to look for ways to recession proof your business, research team, or department in the coming year.

Aerial imagery forms the basis of today's web mapping, and the history of aerial imagery goes all the way back to the 1800s, when the first aerial photograph was captured by a Frenchman who was both a photographer and balloonist.

When it comes to planning for municipal services, a municipal service planning software tool like MapSavvy is a city manager's best friend.

When it comes to looking for a conservation planning software tool, web mapping services that provide aerial imagery are a critical component in conservation planning programs.

The use of aerial imagery for insurance has surged in just the past couple of years — with insurance companies now using aerial imagery in four key areas: post-storm damage assessment, validating damage claims, risk assessment, and fraud prevention.

Aerial imagery for business is fast becoming a necessary tool for everything from real estate developers to farmers, from research teams to emergency management planners.

When flying a drone for commercial purposes, a drone flight planner tool like MapSavvy.com is a drone pilot's best friend.

Thanks to Microsoft's significant investments in Bing Maps imagery, the Bing Maps platform has become a powerful & comprehensive mapping platform.

For business, government & research applications that make use of aerial imagery, it's often critically important to have new Bing Maps imagery for the most accurate representations of an area.

When it comes to landscape architecture for large commercial projects, landscape planning technology tools like MapSavvy.com are a landscape architect's best friend.

When local, state & federal officials get involved in transportation planning, they have to use a transportation planning tool like MapSavvy to develop a transportation system that will stand the test of time.

While satellite & aerial web maps have many uses in business, government & research, web map services like MapSavvy also serve as a powerful humanitarian aid planning tool in the aftermath of natural or man-made disasters.

When using satellite imagery from MapSavvy.com for business, government, or research purposes, it's important to understand that there are multiple satellite imagery layers from which to choose.

If your business, non-profit, or research team is involved in activities that require updated aerial maps, it's important to know that not all Web Map Services (WMS) offer updated aerial maps.

As scientists are studying biology, wildlife migration patterns, geological changes to the earth, and more, one of the most important scientific research tools they need is aerial imagery.

As researchers work to understand the complex interactions on the planet as the climate changes, they need a climate change tracker tool to compare and contrast how much the planetary systems are morphing.

As we enter this year's hurricane season, it's helpful to know about MapSavvy as an affordable, effective hurricane damage assessment tool.

When it comes to making strategic decisions about a new building or structure, aerial images for urban development from MapSavvy.com are one of the most cost-effective tools to speed and improve the development process.

Affordable web mapping services like MapSavvy are being used by scientists and researchers for a wide variety of research and wildlife management activities.

Crime mapping technologies like MapSavvy Web Mapping Service (WMS) are being used to visualize and analyze data by law enforcement agencies and investigators in increasing numbers every year.

Aerial imagery for agriculture is fast becoming a standard practice for farmers practicing what's now called 'precision agriculture.'

When it comes to wildland fire mapping software, MapSavvy.com is coming on strong as one of the most important tools to help fire managers strategically deploy crew and resources to stamp out fires in wilderness areas.

There are so many ways businesses & organizations can use aerial maps, it's fast becoming a necessity to be able to access aerial maps for business, government & research purposes.

When architects, developers, or city planners are working on a new public project, affordable aerial imagery services like MapSavvy can help build support for development projects during the community engagement process.

In late 2017, we announced that a new, improved MapSavvy aerial maps imagery service that offers users the option of using original Bing Maps images or new, updated Bing Maps images.

New Version of MapSavvy Web Map Service features original & updated Bing Maps aerial imagery for use by business, research teams & government, at half the price of many web map imagery services.

We at MapSavvy will be sharing a variety of web mapping buying tips over time. The first tip we're addressing will help ensure you buy the right Web Mapping Service subscription, with the right features and for the right price.