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Real Estate Valuation and School Boundaries
Property values are informed by a variety of factors, including size of the home, amenities and location. Increasingly, studies indicate that the local schools are also a big part of the valuation...
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Happy Thanksgiving from Maponics
Happy Thanksgiving to all our customers, partners and colleagues! Maponics celebrates Thanksgiving this year by offering employees their choice of a farm fresh turkey or spiral ham. Pictured here: Meg...
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5 Delicious Place Pin Boards on Pinterest
Pinterest’s new Place Pin feature enables users to lay out their Foursquare check-ins on a Pinterest board, creating an online map enhanced by imagery from pinned locations. Place boards help Pinners...
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What’s the Weather in Your Neighborhood?
Until now, searching for information about a city’s climate led you to data recorded at weather stations and airports. The problem is, not every neighborhood is near a weather station or airport –...
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8 Reasons Maponics Is the School Data Leader
In 2010, Maponics became the first to offer school attendance zone coverage through our School Boundaries dataset. Maponics School Boundaries include school districts, school attendance zones and...
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Austin Music Map: Geotagging Live Music in Austin Neighborhoods
Is Austin, Texas, “the city of live music”? Some say so. To GIS enthusiasts, Austin also wins recognition as a city that makes great use of geotagging for venues and neighborhoods with its Austin Music...
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Maponics versus Onboard Informatics: Whose Data Would You Trust? [Infographic]
Large financial investments and quality of education: each plays a big part in the typical American’s life. Maponics School Boundaries product is an accurate, comprehensive and reliable dataset that...
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3 Fun Holiday Maps
Is there no end to the data that can be represented visually on a map? Apparently not – which means, this time of year, some fun holiday-related maps. Dreaming of a White Christmas? If you’re dreaming...
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Generation Y Wants Walkability in 2014
A new report reveals that the young adults of generation Y, born between 1979 and 1995, crave walkable neighborhoods more than their older counterparts do. Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2014,...
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America’s Mood Map and the Post Holiday Blues
January 2nd can be a real bummer. We’re back at work, the holidays are over, it’s cold and dark. Not a recipe for fun. To get back into the swing of things, we thought it would be interesting to track...
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Why School Boundaries Matter
School boundaries: you can’t see them, you don’t know when you’ve crossed them and they don’t always make sense geographically. But school boundaries can make or break a child’s education, drive up the...
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Maponics and GreatSchools – Helping Home Buyers Choose Properties with the...
Maponics and GreatSchools have been partners since July 2012, when GreatSchools launched a mapping tool of interactive school ratings and attendance zones featuring Maponics School Boundaries. Their...
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Top 10 Most Affordable Neighborhoods with the Best Schools – Methodology
To help home buyers find affordable homes with great public high schools, we used Maponics data to create a list of the Top 10 U.S. neighborhoods in the country’s largest metro regions with the most...
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Top 10 Most Affordable Neighborhoods with the Best Schools
When buying a home, many people choose properties based on the quality of local public schools, particularly high schools. But homes that are served by high-performing schools are often more expensive...
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What Context Walkability Adds to Realtors Property Resource Offerings
Walkability is getting a lot of attention these days – and home buyers are taking note. According to the National Association of Realtors 2013 Community Preference Survey, 60% of survey participants...
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Darrin Clement, Inman Incubator Mentor, Speaks at Real Estate Connect NYC 2014
Last week, Maponics founder Darrin Clement spoke at Real Estate Connect NYC 2014, Inman’s flagship conference. Clement was a panelist for Data Crunching: The Promise of Predictive Data and Practical...
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Consumers Search for Properties by Schools with HotPads
When looking for a new home, many buyers and renters start by identifying which public school they want their children to attend. For some, it’s the most important factor to consider when choosing a...
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4 Use Cases for ZIP Code Boundaries
ZIP Code boundaries are the polygons that contain particular ZIP Codes. ZIP Code boundaries, as opposed to ZIP Code points, are helpful when identifying specific geographical regions, or setting up...
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Maponics Tech Fair 2014
Maponics took some time out last week for the Maponics Tech Fair, a showcase of current tech projects held for staff and their families. “Producing high-quality boundaries and analytics requires that...
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How Does Public Transportation Affect Residential Valuation and Appraisal?
Residential valuation and appraisal are typically tied to home amenities, comparable sales, school attendance zones and neighborhood character. In fact, on this blog, we’ve addressed the connection...
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