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Digital Map Products Inks Deals With ZipRealty and CoStar Group
ZipRealty and the CoStar Group Add Parcel Detail to Online Applications
| Source: Digital Map Products
SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwire - August 16, 2007) - Digital Map Products
(http://www.digitalmapproducts.com) today announced that it has added
ZipRealty and CoStar Group to its growing list of high-profile clients
choosing ParcelStream™. Digital Map Products (DMP) debuted its
ParcelStream™ web service late last year as part of Fidelity National
Real Estate Solutions' Cyberhomes (http://www.cyberhomes.com). Since then,
there has been a tremendous response to the company's cost-effective
solution for the acquisition and visualization of parcel boundaries.
"Street centerlines and aerial imagery just don't tell the whole story. The
visualization of actual property boundaries is quickly becoming the
standard for map-based web applications dealing with real property," said
Jim Skurzynski, president and founder of DMP, a pioneer provider of visual
data content and Internet-based business applications for real estate and
government.
"With parcel-level content, you have much greater visual information on
which to base your decisions. Additionally, when searching for properties
based upon parcel accuracy you're placed directly over your target
property, not at an extrapolated location along the street like in most
web-based applications today. That's critical when you're a serious real
estate professional trying to understand a property's true value, or a city
planner performing zone change notifications."
"When it comes to collecting parcel content, there are currently very few
options," said Jamie Wilson, vice president of product development for
ZipRealty, the largest Internet-based real estate brokerage. "We found
ParcelStream to be the best solution out there and a more cost effective
solution than building it in house."
"In addition to the quality and accuracy of the parcel content, we wanted a
solution that could be deployed right away," said Bob Evatt, vice president
of software development for CoStar Group, the country's number one provider
of information services to the commercial real estate industry. "By
choosing ParcelStream™, we were able to incorporate parcel visualization
into our applications with minimal impact on development resources. DMP
had us on-line in a matter of days, allowing our customers to quickly take
advantage of the new features."
DMP has been building its databases since 1996, specializing in collecting
parcel geometry on a county-by-county basis, navigating both the legal and
the technical complexities presented by these public databases. "Our goal
has always been to remove as many of the obstacles to this data as possible
thus making the data more available and accessible by our customers," said
Skurzynski.
About ZipRealty
ZipRealty is a full-service residential real estate brokerage firm. The
Company uses the Internet, proprietary technology and efficient business
processes to provide home buyers and sellers with high-quality service and
value. Founded in 1999, the Company currently operates in 30 major markets
in 17 states and the District of Columbia with over 2,000 sales agents. The
Company's client-centric business strategy utilizes a sophisticated Web
site, which enables home buyers and sellers to access comprehensive local
Multiple Listing Services home listings data and other relevant
information. For more information on ZipRealty, visit
http://www.ziprealty.com
About CoStar Group
CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ : CSGP ) is the number one provider of information
services to commercial real estate professionals in the United States as
well as the United Kingdom. CoStar's suite of services offers customers
access via the Internet to the most comprehensive database of commercial
real estate information throughout the U.S. as well as in the United
Kingdom and France. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, the company has
approximately 1,300 employees, including the largest professional research
organization in the industry. For more information, visit
http://www.costar.com.
About Digital Map Products
Digital Map Products, Inc. was the first provider of subscription web
applications that embed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to
enhance workflow productivity. Based in Santa Ana, California, the
company's SaaS products serve more than 350 customers, representing about
150,000 registered users. Its ParcelStream™ web application is powering
national real estate websites with millions of hits per month. Products
include online applications such as LandVision™ for the research,
acquisition and management of land assets, CityGIS™ and
CommunityView™ for government and ParcelStream™ for web developers.
To learn more, visit http://www.digitalmapproducts.com