Building a Real, Money-Making Business Application Using Microsoft Virtual Earth

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    1. Trip Maps John Pope VP Marketing TripHub Inc.
    2. TripHub Company Overview
      • The best way to plan, coordinate, and share any gathering that involves travel
      • Friends & Family, Membership Organizations, Shared Interest
      • Launched 2006; operating 3 sites
      • Business model: Ad/referral fees and 3 rd party licensing
      triphub.com alaska.triphub studentambassadors.triphub
    3. Integrated Planning, Coordinating and Sharing Experience Point of Inspiration Research and Discuss Options Invite Participants Organize and Make Decisions Share Itineraries Exchange Memories, Discuss Next Trip Experience the Gathering Purchase Travel & Services MAP VALUE ADD
    4. TripHub Trip Maps
    5. T+ 4 Weeks  Measurable ROI
      • Delighting Customers
        • Fills a top need in group travel planning sites*
        • Helping find things to do and see
        • 4+ “address-based” items per trip
      • Expanded Business Opportunity
        • Increased engagement & inventory
        • Enhanced platform solution
        • New customer segment - driving trips
      “ Trip Maps is a case of a great feature bringing added value to the user base, simplifying many of the daunting tasks involved with planning a trip.” - Mashable  “ The new map feature is great!... Very cool!” - Lisa, TripHub user *Source: PhoCusWright Groups & Meetings: Opportunity Re-defined, 2007
    6. Why Virtual Earth?
      • Disambiguation
      • Intelligent zoom
      • Global coverage
      • Local search
      • Bird's Eye view
      • Driving directions
    7. Future Map Features
      • Core functionality
        • Expanded use of geo coding
        • Local search for ad hoc entry
        • More detail on hover
      • Expose Community
        • Trip “heat map”
        • Comments, photos, reviews
    8. © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
    9. InfoNow MIX Agenda – April 30, 2007
      • InfoNow Introduction
        • InfoNow Overview
        • Products and Services
        • Virtual Earth Application & Use
        • Why InfoNow is upgrading
      • InfoNow Demo
      • Conclusions (ROI, Vision)
      • Q&A
    10. InfoNow Overview Background
      • Based in Denver, CO
      • 40+ Customers
      Products Volume
      • 200,000,000 Map Txns ‘06
      • 900,000,000 Location Referrals in ’06
      • 99.9 % Uptime
      • 1.2 Million Locations Maintained
      • 87 Active Web, IVR, XML, Mobile Installations
      • First Locator: VISA, 1996
      • Most Recent: NOKIA 2007
    11. InfoNow Location Insight Solution Family Enables customers to easily search and find the closest, most convenient business location, anywhere in the world. Web Insight IVR Insight Profile Insight Connects your customers with the location that most conveniently suits their needs through the web Delivers Location Insight search results to users via telephony systems Profiler & Data Manager: Add, delete, modify, upload or download data record changes quickly and easily Data Link Provides direct, automatic upload of location data from multiple sources Mobile Insight Delivers a clear display of Location Insight search results to wireless communications devices Asset Insight Provides a visual representation to the location of your assets and how events affect them
    12. Virtual Earth Platform Geo-Layering Business Rules Localization Layout Templates Plug In Products Access Points Hosting Professional Services Data Services Reports InfoNow LocationInsight Architecture Project Management
    13. InfoNow LocationInsight VE Layer Virtual Earth Platform
      • This is the connection to Microsoft’s Virtual Earth Services
        • Providing the basic components that we need for geocoding and mapping
    14. Customer Access Points Mobile
      • Customers locate the optimal locations using the touch point that best meets their needs
      IVR Client API Call Center Web
    15. InfoNow upgrade assessment Mapping partner Advanced Features (elaborate list) Investment in Tech Enterprise service level (Up time; response time) X X X X X X X
    16. Microsoft - A Long Term Commitment
      • The world is on the verge of a revolution in the use of geospatial information
      THE VISION You'll be walking around in downtown London and be able to see the shops, the stores, see what the traffic is like. Walk in a shop and navigate the merchandise. Not in the flat, 2D interface that we have on the web today, but in a virtual reality walkthrough. Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft from a 2005 speech in London on his 50 th birthday
    17. VE Return On Investment
      • Standard JAVA API
      • AJAX
      • Fewer transactions per search Session
      • Map searching
      • Multi-point driving direction
      • Most precise geocoding
      • Aerial imagery
      • SLA
      • POI layers
      • User defined areas
      • VE Mobile (WinMO, J2ME, Client download, SMS)
      • Call center (minimum input)
      • IVR (precise geocoding)
    18. InfoNow VE Vision Roadmap
      • Business Analytics Map presentation
      • Sales territory mapping
      • Inventory integration
      • Graphical profiling
      • Entity identification (matching)
    19. Discussion Q&A
    20. Thank You

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