MetaCarta OnDemand End-Of-Life

2/22/2010

Hello MetaCarta OnDemand Users,

We are improving the capabilities of MetaCarta's powerful Geographic Search & Referencing Platform (GSRP).

Over the next 30 days we'll be transitioning to a new system for MetaCarta Web Services. After this transition is complete you will no longer be able to access the current OnDemand service. If you would like to sign-up for a free 30 day trial account to try our new Web Service you can do so at our Developers Page. Please make sure to review the updated Terms of Service when registering your new account. If you have any questions please let us know via email at ondemand@metacarta.com or contact Ken Tomaselli by telephone at (617) 453-7214.

Here are some of the new features that will be available under the new system:

Improved GDM's

MetaCarta's Geographic Data Module(s) or GDM's have been dramatically improved having more than 220 Million location names and aliases. We also have added partial street address recognition and continue to support relative references such as "approximately 8 Miles North of Cambridge, MA" and most latitude/longitude formats.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Support

The MetaCarta Web Search Interface and other MetaCarta web tools now support Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for both secure and unauthenticated connections.

OpenSearch Support

Users of OpenSearch can now add MetaCarta GSRP (Geographic Search & Reference Platform) functionality into their browsers by downloading the OpenSearch plugin here (requires activated account)

RSS Search API

The MetaCarta GSRP now offers an RSS Search API, where search results are presented in the form of a GeoRSS feed rather than JSON or SOAP output. For more information, please see the MetaCarta Guide to Web Services.

PNG Search API

The MetaCarta GSRP now offers a PNG Search API, where search results are presented in the form of a PNG map with results as document markers. For more information, please see the MetaCarta Guide to Web Services.

GeoTagger API

The current OnDemand JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) GeoTagger will be updated and replaced with a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) GeoTagger API. To view the documentation you can click here.

Thank you for your continued interest in our products and services.

— The MetaCarta Team