Multimap.com

Multimap.com was a provider of mapping and location-based services. Founded around 1997 and based in London, it was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $50 million.[1][2][3][4]

Multimap.com

It was then merged into Bing Maps.[5]

It offered street maps and door-to-door travel directions on a public web site. Other offerings included aerial photography, local information, and business services. Services were also offered through its partners, including accommodation, restaurant and train-ticket booking. It also sold historic and aerial photograph prints. Multimap offered discrete panning by clicking links, a form of user interaction later displaced by continuous panning 'slippy' maps. The Geo microformat was used to provide a Wikipedia map overlay generated from the official database download. This was used to browse geotagged articles.

References
  1. Schonfeld, Erick (December 12, 2007). "Microsoft Buys Multimap for a Reported $50 Million". TechCrunch.
  2. "Microsoft Acquires One of Europe's Top Online Map Services" (Press release). Microsoft. December 12, 2007.
  3. Pfanner, Eric (November 13, 2007). "Microsoft acquires MultiMap". The New York Times.
  4. Paul, Franklin; Wakabayashi, Daisuke (December 12, 2007). "Microsoft buys online mapping company Multimap". Reuters.
  5. "Multimap Launches Free API (And It Includes Virtual Earth)". Bing. October 16, 2008.


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