Faced with a major slowdown in the UK and global economy, many businesses have looked to protect market share and where possible find cost – effective ways of reaching new customers. Lovell Johns were approached by leading builders’ merchants Travis Perkins, whose portfolio of companies also boasts Wickes, City Plumbing, Keyline, CCF and Benchmarx. Travis Perkins were about to purchase a listing of over 100,000 business prospects but needed to be able to assign each record … Read entire article »

Ever wondered how far you can drive in 30 minutes from your house? Or what about the how long it takes to get to work in rush hour, compared to mid – morning or even a weekend? You generally know how far you would get from where you live but important locational decisions are being made every day by organisations needing to understand drivetimes. Not only does software exist to tell you how far you can … Read entire article »

Since our last MAPit, the Ordnance Survey has now officially released a series of map datasets covering the UK. These map datasets are covered by the Creative Commons license which means they are free to use and commercially exploit without incurring any ongoing licensing fees. These mapping datasets could be useful for your company to use within: GIS or internal tools on your website for printed maps such as leaflets or wall maps to help planning.   Our pricing for … Read entire article »

Rightmove has launched a new iPhone app that will send you images and the map location of available properties for sale or rent dependent on where you are geographically. This launches a whole new way to look for property, get out and about, find an area you like and then have a look to see what’s available in your area. Or you can just surf your chosen area at home and see what’s available You … Read entire article »

We have realised over the many years of working with businesses that there is a range of products that we get asked for again and again by businesses. To meet this requirement we have development a Business Essentials range to make it easier to pick what you need for your business. Choose from the following: Location Maps – For most of your customers the first time they visit your office or shop will be the moment they … Read entire article »

The implementation of GIS can help you manage various parts of your organisation. For example, you can plan or display sales / franchise areas, quickly visualise customer locations and trends and draw informed conclusions for marketing, sales and business growth. Implementing GIS has just become a whole lot cheaper with the integration of free Bing Maps into ESRI ArcGIS. First of all just to clarify matters; Bing is the new name for the Microsoft search tool. … Read entire article »

The display of mapping on the internet is something we all come across but probably never really care to think about too much! When you next use Google Maps or other such websites there is a great deal of technology going on in the background in terms of software providing the selected area and scale of mapping at the click of a mouse. When a transaction needs to take place allowing the customer to actually purchase … Read entire article »

Now available to use in Google API developments Google Street View is a feature of Google Maps that provides a 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic views from along a street, from a height of around 2 metres. It has been expanded in the UK and now includes 25 cities. Street View is also available for many cities around the world. Street View is available for use within a Google Maps application on your website. Lovell Johns … Read entire article »