January 12, 2004

Interactive Bed & Breakfast mapping application completed.

As a big player in the highly competitive online B&B information market, 1BBWeb saw interactive mapping capabilities as something which would help to encourage people to visit the web site while acting as a "selling point" to subscribing B&Bs who pay for listings on the site. BitSculptor developed the worldwide interactive maps to plug into the site's existing database of thousands of B&Bs. Coupled with powerful server-side GIS (Geographical Information System) software, interactice maps of major continents (currently North and South America, Europe, and Australia) are produced on the fly as requested by web site visitors. Visitors are able to quickly see which B&Bs are located near their vacation areas, clicking on locations for more information about specific B&Bs.