“the mapping platform is like a Flickr/Swivel/YouTube/Scribd of geodata.”
-Brady Forrest, O'Reilly Radar
“Up till the mapping platform release geodata has been hard to find or unavailable. the mapping platform really levels the data playing field by gathering all of this data in one place for easy consumption, while still respecting the data owners.”
-Brady Forrest, O'Reilly Radar
“the mapping platform may become the single search hub for public domain data worldwide.”
-Adena Schutzberg, Directions Magazine
“the mapping platform should be a service to watch.”
-Mark Wallace, 3pointD.com
“the mapping platform is quite an advanced service, and although it can be used for fun, businesses, professionals, and geoenthusiasts will make more use of it than casual users.”
-Stan Schroeder, http://mashable.com/
“the mapping platform gives anyone the ability to make a heat map with very little specialized training... There is less and less need to purchase and learn complicated?desktop tools to do some simple analysis.”
-Steve Citron-Pousty, Steve's Little world
“They [the company] created a community site to do what previously required some arcane skills, expensive software and a treasure trove of data.”
-Dave Bouwman, http://www.davebouwman.net
“Fortius Geospatial Review has pushed things forward. Heat maps on the fly. A community site to promote the product & service. Very different. Very Web 2.0. And clearly getting lots of attention.”
-Dave Bouwman, http://www.davebouwman.net
