MapsAlive® lets you create interactive maps to put on your web pages.
A “map” can be any image such as a diagram, floor plan, photo, or geographic map.
Try an interactive map right now: Move your mouse over the example below.
Today's Top Stories
Mouse over locations on the map to see some of today's top headlines.
United Nations General Assembly Meets
Tour de France 2007
Sochi, Russia to Host 2014 Olympics
Economy Continues to Boom in Hanoi
Wineries Expand in Western Australia
Online Publications Add Interactive Maps
October 11, 2008
As more publications go digital, the need to create exciting websites that draw new advertisers and subscribers becomes more critical. Now you can easily add interactive features that allow viewers to explore stories graphically.
        MapsAlive is the tool
for making maps, images and diagrams interactive. Many article topics lend themselves to using interactive maps — add them to news features, travel stories, science and technology diagrams, real estate, home and garden stories, and more.
What's New with MapsAlive
Creating tours is easier than ever! The newest release of MapsAlive features enhanced layout options that automatically analyze your maps and images to choose the best layout for your tour. And, we've made improvements to simplify and streamline the process of building tours.
Read more about the latest release.
MapsAlive version 2 was released in June with great new features that make MapsAlive more powerful and flexible than ever!
• Directory & Categories
• Video and Other Media
• Live Data
• Slide Macros
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Resort Maps selects MapsAlive to make their online maps interactive. A leading advertising map publisher, Resort Maps recently launched their new website featuring over 170 hand drawn maps made interactive with MapsAlive. With MapsAlive, Resort Maps was able to turn their existing printed maps into interactive tours that let visitors explore communities and locate attractions, lodging, restaurants, shopping and other services. To view the interactive maps created by Resort Maps, visit: www.resortmaps.com.
New York Police and the Bronx District Attorney recently used MapsAlive to present evidence during a murder trial. The detectives created an interactive crime scene using neighborhood maps and floor plans. The resulting tour was used during testimony to show the jurors where and how the crime took place. Here is the New York Daily News article covering the conviction.
Use Custom Shape Markers on Your Maps
Now you can import HTML image maps and MapsAlive will automatically create custom shape markers for your maps. This makes it easier to create markers that highlight irregularly shaped areas on your maps, such as states, countries, and floor plan rooms. Several programs including MapEdit, ImageReady, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks let you create image maps. See an example.
Making Maps, Floor Plans, and Diagrams Interactive
MapsAlive is a web tool that allows you to make your online maps come alive by turning them into interactive tours. Why use maps that do nothing when you can tell your story interactively? Interactive maps and tours are fun and people love them. They engage visitors by letting them discover and choose what they want to see in the order they want to see it.
Create interactive tours yourself
Anyone with basic computer skills can create a MapsAlive tour. You don't need to download any software or do any programming — simply create your tours right here on this website using step-by-step instructions. As soon as you create and publish your tour, it appears on the web instantly and is ready to use. Learn how MapsAlive works…
Add interactive tours to your web site
Your tours can display within your existing web pages like we have done with the interactive map tours on this page. Or, you can add links to your page that visitors can click to have the tour open in a new window or replace the current window. If you don’t have your own website, you can use your tour as a stand-alone website. Learn more…
A powerful web development tool
MapsAlive incorporates the knowledge and experience of expert web developers to automatically create interactive maps that utilize the latest web technologies. An experienced programmer could easily spend weeks to develop what MapsAlive can do in minutes. Managing your content couldn't be easier with MapsAlive — non-technical staff can add or edit tour content (photos, text, markers) anytime and see their changes appear on the web immediately.
Get started using MapsAlive
MapsAlive is loaded with features that let you choose the appearance and behavior of your tours. Explore many different samples to get more ideas or watch a how-to video to learn about some of the MapsAlive features and see how easy it is to create a tour. If you have questions, see the FAQ or contact us.
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