Visualize Your Business

Visual Crossing Map Services™ Visual Crossing Corporation ©2008

www.visualcrossing .com info@visualcrossing.com 888.797.1647

Map Services™ Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to map-enable my project?

With Visual Crossing, map-enabling your Business Intelligence project is simple. Using our Spatial Architect Suite, our typical customers are viewing maps against their data in 2-8 hours. Building maps from reports, documents or dashboards will take from a few minutes to a few hours for more sophisticated, presentation-quality maps.

What special skills are needed for mapping?

None. There is no need to hire or train additional staff. If your team can build BI reports then they can build maps in Map Services™. After becoming familiar with a few basic concepts, BI users will find that building maps is typically easier than building reports.

What additional data do I need to collect in my warehouse?

Over 90% of BI warehouses already have geographic data. Since Visual Crossing Map Services was designed to work on top of the BI data you already have, there is no need to modify your warehouse. Whether you store Addresses, Cities, States, Countries, Counties, Zip Codes or Statistical Areas, our Spatial Architect Suite will geocode your data and build custom region maps from your existing data.

What maps do you provide and how expensive are they?

Map Services includes a complete set of map data. You may choose to purchase additional data if you special requirements. Our data set includes zip codes, cities, states, counties, countries, CBSA, MSA, continents and much more. In addition to this our Region Creator tool will automatically create new maps based on your existing data so that you can visualize your custom regions without the need for expensive geographic consulting.

How do I get started?

Call or email us for an evaluation copy and start running maps against your data now. All of our evaluations have free technical support to help walk you through the process should you require advice or assistance.

The Evolution of Data Analysis

RDBMS

SQL

SQL Era Visualization Revolution

Relational Access

Hand-written SQL

Spreadsheet Analysis Advanced Users

Client-server Systems

Cross Tabulation

Graphical Report Building Grid and Graph Reports

Web-based Access Multi-pass SQL Engine

Age of Business Intelligence

Presentation Graphics Instant Data Comprehension Customized Views Spatial Analysis Disparate Data Sources Animated Trend Analysis

1980 1990 2000 2008

Bring your dashboards to life with the industry-leading Visual Crossing Map Widget.

Plug-n-play component Email via Narrowcast

Server Fully interactive maps

Selector control support Drilling support Full editing capability

inside the control Flash™ and AJAX maps

Maps for your Dynamic Dashboards

The battle for your business is won customer by customer. Why not see what your customers look like up close?

Find the best locations for your business entities

Easily import and update competitor information

Export customer lists for targeted campaigns

Overlay demographic information

Know Your Customers & Competitors

Superior integration Seamlessly switch

between grids, graphs & maps.

Supports true drilling, page-by and filtering.

Assign map privileges to BI users and groups

AJAX and Flash maps

The Visual Crossing tool suite makes all the difference. In just hours, you can map-enable your BI projects. Custom region creation Automatic geocoding Eliminates the need for GIS

expertise and consulting Free starter data included Scripting feature for

synchronized project updates

Integrated Spatial Architect Suite

Live, in-place map editing

Shorter development cycles

Intuitive web interface Empower end-users

with ad hoc analysis No separate deployment

phase or files to edit

Self-Service Editing

Plug-n-play component

Export via NCS

Completely Interactive

Selector Control Support

Full editing capability in the control.

Drill to other data sets or to other reports.

Bring your maps to life and unlock valuable trends in your data

Visualize results from marketing campaigns or new product roll-outs

Analyze how seasons and weather affect your business

Powerful Flash™ Animations

User and data scalable Cache infrastructure for

optimal response time Web-based server

administration Centralized metadata

and object management Job-level monitoring Fully configurable

Plug-n-play component

Export via NCS

Completely Interactive

Selector Control Support

Full editing capability in the control.

Drill to other data sets or to other reports.

Why limit your analysis to standard grids? Your unique business deserves to be analyzed in its natural environment.

Fully interactive Drill and page-by Floor and shelf-level

planograms Construction sites Warehouse and RFID

locations Utility schematics with

flow rates

View Your Business Your Way

Does your business rely upon the transfer of people, goods, data or capital? Then we have the map for you!

Thresholding capability for better comprehension

Interactive route lines True drilling support for

a more detailed analysis De-cluttering of routes

for instant, presentation-quality displays

Analyze Your Networks and Supply Chain

BI Integration Enterprise Server

The Only Complete Geographic & Visualization Solution

Built for Business Intelligence

Visual Crossing Map Services™

Visualize Your Business

Visual Crossing Map Services™ Visual Crossing Corporation ©2008

www.visualcrossing .com info@visualcrossing.com 888.797.1647

Map Services™ Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to map-enable my project?

With Visual Crossing, map-enabling your Business Intelligence project is simple. Using our Spatial Architect Suite, our typical customers are viewing maps against their data in 2-8 hours. Building maps from reports, documents or dashboards will take from a few minutes to a few hours for more sophisticated, presentation-quality maps.

What special skills are needed for mapping?

None. There is no need to hire or train additional staff. If your team can build BI reports then they can build maps in Map Services™. After becoming familiar with a few basic concepts, BI users will find that building maps is typically easier than building reports.

What additional data do I need to collect in my warehouse?

Over 90% of BI warehouses already have geographic data. Since Visual Crossing Map Services was designed to work on top of the BI data you already have, there is no need to modify your warehouse. Whether you store Addresses, Cities, States, Countries, Counties, Zip Codes or Statistical Areas, our Spatial Architect Suite will geocode your data and build custom region maps from your existing data.

What maps do you provide and how expensive are they?

Map Services includes a complete set of map data. You may choose to purchase additional data if you special requirements. Our data set includes zip codes, cities, states, counties, countries, CBSA, MSA, continents and much more. In addition to this our Region Creator tool will automatically create new maps based on your existing data so that you can visualize your custom regions without the need for expensive geographic consulting.

How do I get started?

Call or email us for an evaluation copy and start running maps against your data now. All of our evaluations have free technical support to help walk you through the process should you require advice or assistance.

The Evolution of Data Analysis

RDBMS

SQL

SQL Era Visualization Revolution

Relational Access

Hand-written SQL

Spreadsheet Analysis Advanced Users

Client-server Systems

Cross Tabulation

Graphical Report Building Grid and Graph Reports

Web-based Access Multi-pass SQL Engine

Age of Business Intelligence

Presentation Graphics Instant Data Comprehension Customized Views Spatial Analysis Disparate Data Sources Animated Trend Analysis

1980 1990 2000 2008