Plot customers onto a map using information from Excel

If you have an Excel spreadsheet file with list of locations and need to plot the on a world map, we suggest you use iMapBuilder Online.

• Import the Excel data into custom Google map and automatically convert addresses into Geocodes, and then plot as markers.
• Import from CSV data file (CSV file can be generated by exporting data from Excel, MYSQL or other types of database using PHP script)

WebUnion Media Ltd announces the release of iMapBuilder v4.30, a popular interactive map making software for Windows, MacOS, and Linux platform. The latest version of iMapBuilder enables easier creation of interactive maps, by adding more map templates and new features including adding placemarks to map using longitude and latitude co-ordinates, bulk data import function from excel file csv, map legend, heat map, as well as custom map area and custom map icons functionality to bring enhanced convenience to users.

By using iMapBuilder, business owners, schools, organizations and government agencies can build branch location maps, floor plan maps, diagram representing sales data, distribution, as well as routing maps such as those used by airlines. The main advantages of iMapBuilder over other map software are that no any programming or Flash editing experience required. Users can easily pick up a pre-designed map template to jump start their own interactive map projects. They can also import their own GIF, or JPG image file, and use iMapBuilder to convert the static image into an clickable, interactive image map.

In the latest version, the easy-to-use flash map editor comes with around 120 map templates, including US, UK, Europe, Asia, World with all countries, German, Spain, China, Japan, US counties, etc. Besides using the pre-defined map templates, the application can also convert any standard JPG, GIF, PNG images into an interactive map. You can also export the interactive map into static JPG image for using with PowerPoint slide show presentation or as word document insertion.

Together with this new version, WebUnion has also released iMapBuilder Online, which is a web based application, allows MacOS and Linux users to create interactive flash maps using browsers without having to download or install any software. iMapBuilder online is 100% web-based, users only need to have a computer with web access. It is compatible with popular browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

The handy online mapping tool empowers users to work with map formatting, styles, addition of points, lines, routes, and importing custom map icons. Another advantage of the web-based version is that updates can be made anytime, anywhere, right from the browsers without installation of any program. Users can sign up a free account for trial at http://www.imapbuilder.net/

Recently, Turkish Airlines has leveraged iMapBuilder to create flight routing maps and is impressed by this powerful map building tool , "iMapBuilder has created customized routing maps and templates for us which has enabled us to see our code-sharing flight routes clearly. We have presented those maps in our international meetings and got very positive feedback for their comprehensible and elegant styles. Thanks iMapBuilder for their collaboration," says Senior Vice President, Business Development & Agreements of Turkish Alirlines. "In the past, only professional graphic designer and programmers were able to use advanced software to create sophisticated and interactive online maps, other people might be confused about how to get started and finally gave up because it is too technically challenging for them to build a map," says Godfrey Ko, Director of WebUnion Media Ltd, "nowadays, any non technical users without programming skills can also quickly build and customize a number of interactive maps, insert their own graphics, add text, and insert the resulting maps into web page for the world to see."