SimplyMap Deemed “Essential” in ALA Choice Review

ALA’s Choice Magazine, publisher of independent reviews of products and services for academic libraries, released a new review of SimplyMap in the December 2009 edition.
The reviewer, Carol E. Smith from the University of Central Missouri writes, “SimplyMap is an outstanding online subscription service that eliminates these significant technical hurdles [of GIS software] for the average [...]

Men’s Health Ranks Top Sports Towns

Men’s Health continues to utilize SimplyMap to identify and rank U.S. cities. This time they are studying “sports-obsessed citizenry,” and here is how they did it:
Our stat showdown began with a tally of how many people attend baseball, basketball, and football games (college and pro), as well as who’s showing up at high-school sporting events. [...]

Charleston Advisor Rates SimplyMap 4+ Stars

The Charleston Advisor, which publishes critical reviews of online resources for libraries, published a review of SimplyMap in April.  We are very pleased to have received 4 1/4 stars out of a possible 5, with a perfect 5 star rating in the pricing and contract options categories and a nod to our excellent customer service!
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Men’s Health ranks America’s Top Cities for Recycling using SimplyMap

Men’s Health conducted their first survey of America’s recycling habits, and used SimplyMap in their research.
Here’s how the editors explain their methodology:
To determine how well cities reuse their refuse, we started by asking them whether recycling is mandatory. Next we looked at how easy the cities make it for residents to recycle: No need to [...]

Men’s Health identifies most cell-addicted cities with SimplyMap

Men’s Health magazine took a look this month at where our wireless habits are most out of  control. Their methodology includes the use of SimplyMap:
First, we crunched data from SimplyMap on the percentage of households that own cellphones, as well as the percentage that own a lot of cellphones, i.e., four or more. We also [...]