Get Started with eSpatial
Top tips
When you get started with new software it is so easy to jump in without thinking too much about how you are going to be using it on a regular basis. To avoid this, we want to help you get your eSpatial experience off to the right start with a few preparation and organization tips 1. Organize your workspaces, datasets and maps Organize your eSpatial workspace We all know the pain of not being able to find that one file...
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- Features / Functionality
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https://www.espatial.com/articles/get-started-with-espatial
Why You Should Use Cloud Based Route Mapping To Create Routes For Your Sales Team
The principle of mapping software is to connect routes in an optimized way. In this blog post, I'd like to take the opportunity to explain how cloud-based route mapping can enhance business operations and increase efficiencies for sales teams. Based on our experience with eSpatial, we can see a numerous key advantages of route optimization a cloud-based solution. What are the advantages of cloud-based route mapping? Cloud-based mapping software route maps are regularly updated to provide accurate up-to-date directions. Maps...
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- Field Sales / Services
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https://www.espatial.com/articles/why-you-should-use-cloud-based-route-mapping-to-create-routes-for-your-sales-team
Importing Your Data from MapPoint to eSpatial Infographic
Want to get started? Click the signu-up link above to take a free eSpatial trial and you can start importing your MapPoint data to eSpatial today!
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- Mapping Software
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https://www.espatial.com/articles/importing-your-data-from-mappoint-to-espatial-infographic
Multi-Solution Route Mapping For Sales Team Leaders
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...
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- Field Sales / Services
- Reading Time: 3 minutes
https://www.espatial.com/articles/multi-solution-route-mapping-for-sales-team-leaders
The 20 Best Small Towns To Visit In America
On a map
In the last few days, the Smithsonian Magazine has published its annual list of the best small towns to visit in America. We've plotted these wonderful places on the interactive map below - along with the nearest airport to each. View a larger version of Smithsonian Magazine: The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2015 created with eSpatial mapping software. How the towns were picked The towns made the list according to their number of cultural attractions, historical sites,...
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- Interesting maps
- Reading Time: 2 minutes
- Interactive Maps: 1
https://www.espatial.com/articles/best-small-towns-to-visit-in-america
Track Sales Performance On A Map
As we all know, selling is a numbers game, but boy can those numbers be boring, especially when they occupy endless rows of a spreadsheet! That's why when sales managers are organizing and motivating teams, they need access to a tool that imparts key data quickly and reveals performance levels in an instant. At eSpatial, we're not against numbers - especially when the numbers involve sales - we just prefer if they were expressed in a way that ia useful...
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- Sales Performance Analysis
- Reading Time: 4 minutes
https://www.espatial.com/articles/track-sales-performance-on-a-map
Switching from MapPoint to eSpatial
Since Microsoft announced it was going to discontinue its mapping software MapPoint, last Summer, many users have been switching from MapPoint to eSpatial. I wanted to find out exactly why they switched - so I asked two users. David Klarich, Senior Marketing Specialist at USI building solutions David uses mapping software to prospect for new business. His company needs to know the location of the next upcoming building project. "We're in the new construction industry", explains David, "We track permits...
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- Customer Success Stories
- Reading Time: 4 minutes
https://www.espatial.com/articles/switching-from-mappoint
The Advantage Of Using Free eSpatial Datasets, Including Census Data
In an earlier blog, written last year, I explained there was plenty of free location data available, if you knew where to look. Since then, our data team has expanded the datasets built in and ready to use in eSpatial. Why use eSpatial datasets? In truth, much of the data we make available to customers can be sourced elsewhere - if you have the time, that is. However, in order to use it in eSpatial - or (heaven forbid!) any...
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- Market Analysis
- Reading Time: 2 minutes
https://www.espatial.com/articles/advantage-using-espatial-datasets-including-census-data
Precise color mapping with eSpatial and Colorbrewer 2.0
We recently built a Color by Value facility into eSpatial Pro. This is a great color-precision styling tool, particularly if you're familiar with hexadecimal colors. However, what if you're not familiar with this established web coloring system? Well, I've come across a great online styling page that, used in conjunction with eSpatial, will help you create the type of map you're looking for. Online tool Colorbrewer 2.0 has a simple interface that allows you to experiment with different hexadecimal colors...
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- Features / Functionality
- Reading Time: 1 minutes
https://www.espatial.com/articles/precise-color-mapping-with-espatial-and-colorbrewer-2-0
Free Location Data And Where To Find It
I have an interest in music, and when I read, a few days ago, that music sales had increased for the first time in over a decade, I was curious to find out more. The IFPI offered me a report that contained all the music sales data I would ever need regarding 2012. “It is an invaluable source of authoritative data and analysis about the recorded music market globally,” said the blurb on its website. Now I have no doubt that...
https://www.espatial.com/articles/free-location-data-and-how-to-find-it
Red vs. Blue
Mapping software telling the story of election 2012
The pinnacle of a US Presidential election is the peak of months on end of campaigning, cold-calling and controversy. It is a 24 hour period in which the path of a nation is decided based on a simply astonishing number of factors whittled down to a simple choice between red or blue. Equally astonishing is the number of instant sources by which I, an Irish guy perched on my couch 3000 miles away, can follow the election as the exit...
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- Interesting maps
- Reading Time: 4 minutes
https://www.espatial.com/articles/mapping-software-us-election-2012