We’ve just completed our first implementation using Multimap’s latest javascript API. Primarily it provides the familiar ’slippy’ (draggable) map interface gracing the latest version of Multimap’s web site and that featured on Google maps. The advantages of using Multimap’s Javascript API over other providers are the following:
- You can pick up the phone and get support from a human being in this country!
- You get a guaranteed service, no possible future changes to the terms and conditions for the duration of your contract
- A really powerful suite of geocoding management and distance calculation tools.
- The service is fully documented, which on the whole is pretty comprehensive.
You pay for this privilege, but you are paying for access to Multimap’s 12 years of online mapping experience. Our latest implementation can be seen on the Aspire Property web site where we have integrated the Multimap API with Aspire’s current web site and web design.
It features:
- automatically zooming ’slippy’ maps to fit your search criteria
- a full location search by property price, property type
- location branch details highlighted with branch icons and info
- custom property detail pop up windows
- integrated local information, including schools, train stations and tube stations
There are loads more improvements and features the Multimap API will let us do and we’re hoping to be let loose on more clients to implement them in the future.
We’ve previously used Google Maps to create a similar ’store-locator’ product however now Multimap have introduced this new API we can now utilise their advanced spatial (and non spatial) filtering and searching systems rather than having to build them bespoke for each implementation and then integrate with the Google Maps API.

