Greenfield investments usually occur in emerging markets, with governments happy to offer incentives - e.g. low corporate tax - for multinationals to set up. In return, the country gets jobs and local employees learn new industry-relevant skills and knowledge. However, as our map of greenfield investments shows, some of the most advanced cities in the world also attract substantial amounts of money. View a larger version of Greenfield Foregin Direct Investment 2014 - Top 20 Cities created with eSpatial mapping...

Unlike Portatour or RouteBuddy, eSpatial is not a dedicated route mapping software tool, but route mapping functionality is one of its key features. So now you're probably asking why you should you choose eSpatial rather than a dedicated route mapping software? Well here's our reasons... Build routes that work with existing data A route is no more than a line that connects together separate pieces of data on a map. The principle of mapping software is to do this in an...

With the discontinuation of MapPoint last year, Microsoft announced it would continue to support the product up until July 2015. As the deadline looms, we thought we'd find out if there has been any change to the company's plans. What the MapPoint website is telling us The Microsoft MapPoint Support & FAQS page currently has the same message that it's had since last year. Effectively what we get is a potted history of the product ending with the statement that...