Real Estate Online Mapping Provider RealBird Releases Branded Driving Directions As Part of Its Mapping Service

Branded driving directions seen as a powerful marketing tool for agents and brokers

Redwood City, CA and New York, NY (PRWEB) April 13, 2005 -- RealBird, Inc., a leading provider of online maps and GIS tools tailored for the real estate industry announced today an industry-first: branded driving directions, available to real estate agents who subscribe to its Premium online mapping service.

RealBirds service includes street, aerial and topographical maps and various visualized data layers, with interactive hotspots that can be linked to photos, websites or virtual tours leading to a superior home buying experience. Now, branded driving directions featuring the agents photo and contact information can be easily printed by potential homebuyers, and are a valuable promotional tool - like letterhead, business cards and brochures.

Giving real estate agents and brokers more affordable yet high value tools to gain an edge over their competition is a fundamental goal with the RealBird Mapping Service. As far as we can tell, no other online mapping service offers branded, personalized driving directions yet." Said Gabriel Gross, President and co-founder of RealBird.

Individual Agents can purchase a yearly subscription the full-featured Premium Service for a $150 flat fee. Corporate mapping packages start as low as $100/month. There is also a free, sponsored, functionally limited version available as the RealBird Starter" service.

About RealBird.

RealBird Inc. (http://www.realbird.com) is headquartered in Redwood City, CA. The company provides a unique, hosted mapping and GIS solution to the real estate industry. Vast amounts of location related data are available in databases scattered throughout private and public governmental agencies, but homebuyers need to expend a lot of effort to search for and then interpret and understand the information that relates to a particular property that they might consider purchasing. By displaying various types of maps with real estate relevant, pictorial data layers, the RealBird service becomes a valuable complement to any real estate website and helps ultimately homebuyers make better informed decisions.

RealBird is a trademark of Realbird Inc.

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