Maps offer the ability to locate the people you have found - to gain an appreciation for whether their location fits into your plans. Do they live close enough to your job site to contact? swatrecruiting's maps section gives you access to the tools you need to find out.
| DeLorme | Awesome! This site not only maps by city/state, it also maps by zip code, area code/exchange, and latitude/longitude! All the tools to locate somebody in one place. The maps are very good and very fast - excellent! |
| Distance Calculator | This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places. - interesting, but of limited use to recruitment. |
| Expedia Maps | Good job of mapping to North American and European locations. Does not include zip code or area code/exchange lookups - good. |
| Langenberg.com | Think of this as a meta map tool, searching 17 mapping tools at the same time. Langenberg.com does many things extremely well and will become one of your favorite Internet recruiting resources. One of the best features is the new 'Download Data' button, that allows you to see the zip codes surrounding the location you searched on - excellent! |
| MapBlast.com | Of course MapBlast does a good job of mapping. One of the most useful features of the site may be its ability to look up airport codes associated with cities - a useful feature if you are scheduling a candidate's travel and want to see the nearest commercial airports and their codes - good. |
| Maporama | Working globally? Maporama does a good job of providing maps for 180 countries - very good. |
| MapQuest | A deservedly well known site, MapQuest does area code/exchange lookups, zip code/postal code lookups, latitude/longitude, and provides global coverage - excellent! |
| MapsOnUs | Good maps - the most interesting feature is a link called 'more search options' found below the yellow pages section. Try this example to understand the feature: click 'more search options', type 'networks' in the first box, then type 75082 in the location box, click 'On Map' for where to show the results, and viola - there is a good look at networking companies within 10 miles of the 75082 zip code. Very useful for selecting companies as recruitment targets, or as potential clients for marketing calls - did I mention that when you click through on a link to one of the companies, the address and phone number are provided so you can instantly build your call list? - very good. |
| Streetmap.co.uk | Niche site focused on maps for the UK - good. |
| Yahoo! Maps | Nice site - best feature is again the ability to build a marketing or recruiting list on the fly. It works a little differently than MapsOnUs - Try this: Step 1, search for zip code 75082, Step 2, In the right frame, under 'Find Nearby Services', click 'Nearby Businesses', Step 3, click 'Computers and Internet', Step 4, click 'Communications and Networking' to see the short list of companies doing the same thing in the same zip code. Finally, click the 'Beyond Richardson 75082' button to see other nearby competitors and build an instant calling list - excellent! |
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