Real Estate Online Mapping Provider RealBird Integrates Its Map--based Listings Search Tool With Google Earth

RealBird adds virtual flyover to Maps with Google Earth to help homebuyers visualize neighborhoods.

Redwood City, CA (PRWEB) July 1, 2005 -- RealBird, Inc., a leading provider of online maps and GIS tools tailored for the real estate industry announced today that Google Earth is integrated with RealBird maps, allowing homebuyers to pay virtual flyover" visits to see homes for sale.

RealBirds service (http://www.realbird.com) includes street, aerial and topographical maps, broker-branded driving directions 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. RealBirds recently announced map-based search service couples the traditional, form-based search with the ability to browse listings on a street or aerial map. With Google Earth, homebuyers can now take advantage of even more power to see the virtual terrain around a home and display the multitude of landmarks and businesses that might be of interest in the homebuying process. Using Google Earth requires the download of a free viewer, available on www.google.com. For an example of the integration see http://www.johnshroyer.com/ and click on Featured Listings" and then Aerial Views".

Google Earth is a godsend to homebuyers -- and a disruptive technological breakthrough" says Gabriel Gross, President and co-founder of RealBird. This technological marvel complements perfectly our Realbird map-based search service and allows us to be able to offer to agents and brokers -- and to their clients many new capabilities that would take us otherwise years to achieve. And, the price is right too -- it is free."

RealBirds map based search is low-cost, priced on a flat fee basis, Integration with IDX databases or MLSs is straightforward and there is no need for downloading or synchronization of listings data. Heterogeneous databases can also be integrated using the same API (application programming interface). Furthermore, the API allows on-the-fly customization and branding of the maps and hotspots.

About RealBird
RealBird Inc. (http://www.realbird.com) is privately owned, 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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