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Pushpin(TM) Introduces Free PlaceSTAT API
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Developers Get Single Free Resource For Geographic and Statistical Data From Wide Variety of Sources
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Where 2.0 Conference -- Placebase,
Inc., the creators of Pushpin, the most advanced online mapping API, announce
the availability of a free REST API that retrieves and delivers neighborhood
statistics and geographic information.
The PlaceSTAT service allows developers to get the location and shape of a
specific geographic feature (for example a zip code, metro, county or state).
This information can be used to draw more useful and informative maps and
build better location-based services for Web, desktop and mobile applications.
The API will also return information on a place's relationship to other
locations and allows developers to retrieve statistical information about a
geographic area.
The free service offers 15 different statistics for more than 65,000
locations, from basic information like an area's population to useful tidbits
like average income levels and campaign contributions. The commercial version
of the API makes more than 10,000 variables available for over 200,000
locations and is currently being used by a variety of cutting-edge websites
including Cyberhomes.com, Foreclosure.com and PolicyMap.
"The Placebase content is pure sugar on our Web site! The maps are sweet
and utterly addictive," said Kris Goodfellow, director of product management
for Cyberhomes.
"Over the past few years, we have been dedicated to bringing mapping and
location information services to all developers -- especially those without
GIS backgrounds," said Jaron Waldman, Founder and CEO of Placebase. "With
today's introduction of our place PlaceSTAT REST API, we have taken another
step in making mapping and location-based applications easier for everyone."
Placebase's neighborhood statistics and geographic information is
available in both free and commercial versions.
The free API provides a simple URL to retrieve statistics for any US:
-- State
-- County
-- City
-- Zip Code
-- Census Tract
The Commercial API can also be queried by a variety of private datasets
including:
-- Urban Mapping(TM) Neighborhoods
-- Census Block Groups
-- Metropolitan areas
-- Area Codes
-- Parcels
-- School Districts
-- International Coverage
The 16 free statistical facts available in the API are
-- Homeownership Rate
-- Percent Married Households with Children
-- Median Household Income
-- Percent Foreign Born
-- Percent Unemployed
-- Population
-- Population with a High School Degree
-- Population with a Bachelor's Degree
-- Average Annual Rainfall
-- Average January Temperature
-- Average July Temperature
-- Average Elevation in Meters
-- Percent of all campaign contribution transactions that were to Hillary
Clinton (PolicyMap)
-- Percent of all campaign contribution transactions that were to Barak
Obama (PolicyMap)
-- Percent of all campaign contribution transactions that were to John
McCain (PolicyMap)
-- Percent of all home purchase loans that were subprime (PolicyMap)
The commercial version makes over 10,000 variables available from Pushpin
Collections.
The API returns information in the three formats: HTML, KML and JSON.
Currently, the Free version of the REST API is US-only.
More Information about the API is available at
http://www.pushpin.com/api/docs/rest/ and examples of the commercial version
of the API in action are available at http://www.cyberhomes.com and
http://www.policymap.com.
About Pushpin
Pushpin(TM)(http://www.pushpin.com) is an application platform for
advanced mapping that offers a user experience identical to that of the portal
mapping platforms. Pushpin's advanced capabilities include availability of
large numbers of map layers on tap, display of thousands of markers rather
than dozens, and dynamic rendering of shaded thematic maps reflecting
thousands of data variables. Pushpin provides name-brand mappable data via
API, including demographic and lifestyle indicators from ESRI.and Claritas and
parcel boundaries from Navteq.
About Placebase
Since its founding in 2001, Placebase, Inc. has been a leader in online
mapping, creating hosted platforms that display highly sophisticated
interactive maps in ordinary Web browsers, used by large and small
organizations such as Foreclosure.com, Fidelity's Cyberhomes, and TRF's
PolicyMap. More information about Placebase can be found at
http://www.placebase.com.
Placebase and Pushpin are trademarks of Placebase, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Placebase, Inc.
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