While working on the tutorials (coming soon) for UMapper editor, we discovered a another great use for the Custom Maps feature - annotate user interfaces. We jumped on this right away and created a map of UMapper Editor, take a look:
Zoom in and click on interface elements for details.
It is great to see UMapper used in a lot of different ways and by a large variety of customers. We’ve been showcasing UMapper customers in the Map of the Week category but we want to do something different going forward. To better understand our users and ways in which UMapper is used, we are starting a new category on our blog - Customer Focus. Every week we are going to feature one of our customers and let them take the stage.
If you would like to see your website featured on our blog send us few sentences on how you are using UMapper and what problem it solves for you. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Following up on the release of the custom maps feature, we would like to showcase a Periodic Table Elements GeoDart game by donbenn. What makes this GeoDart game interesting is that it stretches the definition of the word ‘map’ and shows that pretty much any image can be turned into an interactive map or game.
P.S. We learned that this game was created for UMapper - More than Just Maps article on Education Technology that is changing Alaska blog. Thanks!
Our newly released custom maps feature received great reviews and tons of media coverage over the past few weeks. We would like to say thanks to all wonderful bloggers who helped us spread the word. Here they are:
In addition, here are some non-English blogs that, we assume, wrote about custom maps feature.
Today we are excited to announce possibly the most important functionality release to date - UMapper now supports Custom Maps! That means that you can upload any image file to UMapper and convert it into an interactive map (examples below) within minutes. Watch the video below (or on YouTube) to see is how it works:
Get this video from YouTube or create your first Custom Map.
Custom maps can also be used in GeoDart games and Map Wiki’s. Similar to standard maps, custom maps can be tracked with UMapper Map Analytics, indexed by search engines and embedded pretty much anywhere on the internet.
As you can imagine, this functionality can be applied to a large number of uses. Below are several examples.
Post War Map of the World
Bring static old maps to life. Roll over countries to see descriptions.
Panorama of San Francisco
Convert your high-resolution photographs into interactive applications. Roll over the yellow tower in the middle to see how objects can be annotated.
Web Trend Map
Annotate complex charts with clickable overlays. Select the pink star above amazon to see overlay marker in action.
Hubble Telescope Photographs
Explore space photographs and search for terrestrial life.
As always, we are very curious to hear from you. Let us know if you have any comments or functionality suggestions.
