Check out this glowing review by Microsoft Bing of Geo Fact Finder – Urban Mapping’s first reference application, announced earlier this month. Thanks, Bing!
Read the full Bing blog post. See the original announcement of Geo Fact Finder. And as Bing says, we do have more to come as always, so stay tuned!
We’re thrilled to introduce our first reference application using our hosted mapping platform. Geo Fact Finder showcases a broad collection of data that Urban Mapping maintains in its data catalog. This site is intended to show what is possible using our API–the only heavy lifting involved was front-end development, primarily using Javascript.
The below screen shot shows off recent unemployment rates, shown in a thematic map at five percent intervals. Overlay with (say) political affiliation, educational performance, demographics, consumer expenditures, doom & gloom (tornadoes, hurricanes, coastal vulnerability to sea level rise), public transit, vacancy rate and much, much more…
We previously announced our relationship with CoStar, the leading provider of commercial real estate information services and we have several other customer implementations (and reference applications) to announce in the coming months. Until then, we’d love to hear any and all feedback.
Urban Mapping is looking for a VP Engineering/CTO/Director of Engineering to lead product development, operations and oversee customer engagements. This position reports to the CEO. Candidates must have worked in VP or Director roles at large websites or data vendors before. We’re seeking someone who is self-motivated, passionate, and takes pleasure in getting their hands dirty. We are nimble and work with low overhead.
You must be prepared to adapt quickly and wear many hats. You will guide bright engineers an agile development process to further develop Urban Mapping’s cloud-based web mapping and analytics platform, data products, and supporting systems. You will be tactician and strategist, executing and providing insight and direction. You largely define what it is, what to do, and how to do it with the engineering team. You will engage with clients or prospects to envision their future, and offer concrete implementation guidance. Additionally, you will support sales and marketing efforts, acting as a product evangelist.
Role
* Drive engineering, act as mentor, architect, and sage guru, keeping an eye on the goal, not simply on the technology
* Plan and guide product development cycles, following flexible development methodologies (partner coding, agile development, test-driven)
* Select technology and architecture for advanced features and endeavors
* Enable others to execute by taking on non-core technical work, or filling experience gaps
* Ensure high quality standards through process controls
* Cultivate the team and help individuals grow in their careers
* Perform general managerial tasks
Essential Qualities
* You are motivated to get it done
* You are technically fluent enough to steer low level technology decisions with a mix of critical insight, innate ability, and sage experience
* Communicate simply with the common-man
* Eager to learn from a team of domain experts
* Able to guide and act with limited or incomplete information about the future
* Proven experience in crafting technology solutions that are delivered on time and on budget
Experience
* A track record of leadership and success
* Previous experience at a Senior Manager level is required
* At least 2 years experience managing an engineering team of at least 5 people
* At least 2 years experience managing or principal or lead on the team for a high-availability website
* Experience with agile release cycles, preferably weekly
* Experience in a start-up environment
* Experience conducting design/code reviews, performance tuning and low level debugging
Technologies
* 5+ years of server-side OOP software development, preferable with Python, Java, or Ruby
* Broad experience with web application frameworks, preferably with Django
* Complete familiarity with n-tiered web, clustered architectures.
* Well versed in HTML, CSS, Javascript
* Deep database experience, preferably some with Postgres
* Demonstrated understanding of strategies for high availability web sites including caching techniques, clustering
* Comfortable working in Linux
* Demonstrated experience with monitoring systems, preferably some of it with Nagois and Gomez
* Experience working with web APIs and Software as a Service
Extremely Nice To Have
* Cloud computing: EC2, etc.
* Experience with virtualization
* GIS, Web Mapping APIs
* Big Data, NoSQL
* Experience managing consultants, including outsourcing
This position pays a competitive base salary ($130k+) + benefits, options, training/education, centrally-located, food & fun, etc… If you are interested in this position, please do the following:
* Review our developer portal at developer.urbanmapping.com, specifically looking at Mapfluence
* Send email with VP Eng in the subject line to talent@urbanmapping.com
* Attach your resume
* Include links/descriptions of your work
* Include a note of introduction
ATTN RECRUITERS: Not completely opposed working with you, but you *must* include information about your fees in writing. If you call, you decrease your chances of us working with you.
Urban Mapping seeks an eager and self-motivated individual to drive new business and support sales operations. This is an unusual role in that you’ll be expected to drive new revenue and support sales staff. Approximately 50% of your time will be spent on new revenue generation, and the balance supporting sales operations. Compensation is structured to allow you to thrive as an individual contributor, but also be rewarded for achieving sales targets. This is a great way to gain additional sales experience while learning more about what it takes to grow a sales organization. If you have experience selling software as a service (SaaS), online mapping, market research or enterprise sales, we’d love to hear from you.
Qualifications
Responsibilities
Your success will be measured by a combination of lead qualifications, closing accounts and teamwork (through sales operations). To be considered, please do the following:
If you don’t do the above, your resume won’t be considered. Please take the time to understand and apply, or don’t do so at all. We want committed, adventurous and curious candidates. Base is $40K-$50K DOE + benefits, quota/bonus, training, good times, opportunity to grow, etc…If you are a recruiter, we may be interested if you already understand our business and can demonstrate results.
Urban Mapping’s Ian White will present at Real Estate Connect, produced by Inman News, at the Hilton San Francisco (Union Square), July 13-15, 2010.
UMI’s own Ian White will participate (speak? moderate? we’re not entirely sure) at the second annual Geo-Loco conference at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, July 21, 2010.
Says who? The International Cartographic Association, that’s who! Winner of the Jury Prize at the 24th International Cartography Conference in Santiago, Chile.
We’re thrilled to announce that CoSstar Group, the leading provider of commercial real estate research and information services, has implemented Urban Mapping’s hosted mapping services. In record time, CoStar leveraged Mapfluence to incorporate public transportation data into their web-based platform. The rapid development time and ease of implementation are further evidence that hosted mapping services are here to stay.
In the screen shot below, CoStar used Bing Maps for a base map API and Mapfluence elegantly renders cartographically-pleasing transit lines, stations and detailed attributes on a map for the Washington DC area. Urban Mapping’s mass transit data is available for fixed rail (subway, commuter, light, long haul) across North America and several European countries. The difficulty in creating a visually satisfying solution that can be created algorithmically cannot be overstated–rail systems are unique and each one has its own quirks. We’ve done a great deal of tweaking to best represent rail maps in the way that locals expect them to look–an even more refined version is in the works and will be available very soon.
In addition to visually delineating transit lines/stations on a map, CoStar incorporates UMI’s mass transit data into the property search function. As the screen shot below indicates, a subscriber can create a transit-based time or distance constraint. This allows for would-be tenants to search for available property that is (say) only within a five minute walk of a commuter rail station.
In this property profile view, the individual listing is annotated with proximity to nearby public transportation and airport info. Our Mass Transit Proximity API easily allows customers to code property listings (or any location) with proximity to train stations.
Recent news item about BlockChalk going hyperlocal with UMI’s neighborhood API for ease of use and rapid deployment.
We are currently looking for a mid to senior level marketing executive, likely at the Director level. This individual will be responsible for planning and executing marketing programs across verticals. This is a tremendous opportunity to apply your experience on a clean slate–as a startup, we have been driven by user/technical requirements and are entering a new phase of proactively developing marketing and sales initiatives. Your passion, instinct and previous marketing experience will be critical enablers to success.
Responsibilities
• Develop and execute marketing programs in channel marketing, marketing communications, website/interactive, email marketing and social media
• Manage internal resources/outside vendors for web development, PR and related activities
• Marketing communications development: experience in PR, collateral development, branding, product/corporate positioning
• Participate in new business development efforts
• Travel as required
Qualifications
• Minimum 7 years in software/Internet marketing, ideally with experience in online mapping, data licensing, software as a service (SaaS)
• MBA or equivalent preferred
• Strong people and project management skills
• Proven experience in developing and executing marketing strategies
• Strong written, verbal and, public speaking and graphic communication skills
• Strong research skills and rigorous analytical approach to problem solving
• Entrepreneurial ethos and willingness to get the job done
• Technical understanding-while we are not seeking a developer for this role, you must know the basic difference between SOAP and REST, raster and vector, etc…
Urban Mapping, Inc is a geographic data and services company. We collect map data and distribute it through Mapfluence, a hosted geoservices platform. Our on-demand data catalog of 15,000+ variables spans crime, demographics, education, environment, economic indicators, business statistics and other areas. Urban Mapping’s URBANWARE solutions (mass transit and parking) cater to the needs of interactive publishers who maintain a focus on local content. Leading customers include Microsoft, Yahoo!, MapQuest, Google, Kayak and many other interactive properties. We are a fast-growing, profitable startup that is well-positioned to expand into new industry segments. Learn more about us at www.urbanmapping.com
This position will initially begin as a contractor role, focusing on a set of deliverables over a 2-3 month period. We are based in San Francisco. Full time benefits include health insurance, stock options, Fri lunch, ongoing education/training and a fun, engaging work environment. Salary ranges $80-$115 depending on experience.To apply, please do the following (candidates who don’t follow instructions won’t be considered):
- Note explaining your background and how your professional experience fits with Mapfluence
- Brief explanation of what ‘normalized data’ means to you
- Your cv
- Address email to talent(at)urbanmapping.com with MARKETING DIRECTOR as the subject
