Drag & Zooo~oom

Hi Folks...

Just a little heads up about a tiny but useful feature that has been integrated recently: The little square button sitting nicely on top left corner on the map could be used to drag and zoom, giving you quicker control of the zoom level at the area you desired. Here is the step-by-step guide (well.. there are only 2 steps needed though)...

Firstly, click on the yellow square button on the top left map corner and then drag a rectangle on the area you wanted to zoom in:

Secondly, you will be brought to where you wanted to be... done:

Other than that, Mapdoo tech team strives each day developing features to help users mapping with fun. There are some features that we believe you might have noticed hence we are saving spaces on the blog. Again, we always welcome any feedback from the users hence please leave us your comments or write to us at info[at]mapdoo.com if you have any idea.

-Mapdoo tech team

More features update - MapdooID, URL & Category Panel

Here are some quick updates on the latest stuffs that the Mapdoo tech team had integrated into the system.

• MapdooID is the term to be used effective from now on due to some complex issues arose with the deployment of the term MapID previously used by Mapdoo. Thanks a lot to some of you and especially Raja. Thomas, Angel and Dennis for your kind suggestions in this matter.

• MapdooID is linkable now! As you might have noticed inside the info window once you've created the placemark of your location; there is a URL link shown below the MapdooID that you could copy and send it over to friends through emails, blogs, forums or IM easily. That will direct them directly to the placemark you've just created or any placemark that you wanted to refer to them easily. In fact the MapdooID URL is standardised into the form of http://mapdoo.com/?id=xxxxxxxxx hence you can refer the places easily into the URL format or you can shout around about your places and let your friends do the rest to key in the MapdooID into the search box.

• Category Panel has added extra categories for your selection! Majority of the categories or types of your placemark you entered to create the placemark will be shown on the map when users select the desired types to be viewed on the map.

Rest assured that we'll do our best to make the Mapdoo interface as easy and as intuitive as it could be. Meanwhile thanks a lot for visiting Mapdoo and please help to spread the words about us. Mapdoo is a community website hence please help our tools and services improve with more users participation.

Again we would like to listen to comments hence you are always welcome to leave your feedback.

-Mapdoo Tech Team

Mapdoo featured on GMM blog!

Google Maps Mania blog has mentioned about Mapdoo last week!

We're proud to tell you that we are the first in Malaysia to be featured at the Google Maps Mania blog's entry. It is a very respectable blog that meant to be the "press release" for all the interesting Google maps mashup around the globe. Well.. that only featured a single line of "Malaysia - Mapdoo lets you create your own maps"... it meant a lot to us and spurs us on for more great things to come. Thanks again for your support!!

You can read the full article here.

Feature Upgrade - Info Window Editor

I'll make a quick update on behalf of Rico regarding some feature upgrades. You might have already seen this if you have logged onto Mapdoo and created the MapIDs for the past few days.


You should notice we've plugged in a text editor and you can now make use of the editor:

1. To make hyperlink to your website/blog/forum etc.
2. To put on the photos with hyperlink.
3. To arrange or edit the font.

You could also see we've added a few columns for extra info on "address", "country" & more importantly "type". These info are optional for you to fill-in but i urge you to do so as it will definitely enable Mapdoo to further fine-tuning the search engine and enhance the searching experience for the users.

Nonetheless the upgrades have been plotted with the objective of achieving "more info without sacrifice the easiness" in creating the MapID. I hope this upgrade is particularly useful for the business professionals to better arrange the corporate info within the info window. Meanwhile the users with leisure usage could somehow utilise this to link to blogs or photos.

By the way... please do NOT visit the "Famous Mapdoo Curry House" as the screen cropped picture suggested... I bet you knew it is non-existence :)

Little green* leaflet

Some of you might have got it from the pc fair... and some of you might have refused to take it even seeing our ladies tried their best with the sexiest cutest sweetest smile... :)

PC Fair - Thank You People!!

The crowd i've seen during the pc fair was HUGE.. the long hours of leaflets distribution, explanations and showcasing have taken it's toll on the team. Nonetheless everyone in the team has been feeling so excited to have met so many of you and particularly thrilled to have received numerous encouraging comments. So people... thanks a lot to have visited Mapdoo and please help to spread the words about Mapdoo in your website, blog or forum. Meanwhile please continue to visit Mapdoo and feedback. I could assure you there are many more exciting features to be improved/introduced gradually. Stay tuned...

I thought i should post a few nice photos taken during the pc fair since i suddenly (or i knew it long ago) found that the Mapdoo blog is a bit dull.. :) Finally, a big thank you to our lovely ladies Cammy, Khow Yee, Audrey and Andrea that worked "tirelessly" (wait... but they told me they're like having a broken leg... :)

I hope you enjoy the Mapdoo beta!


Or... you could find more photos here at Mapdoo's page @ facebook

Mapdoo Beta Release - We're Live!

Today is certainly a big day for Mapdoo. I am absolutely delighted and proud to announce the beta release of Mapdoo. I couldn’t be more thankful to our engineers and the management team that have worked day and night for almost 1 year now. It has been an absolutely great journey so far and getting to this point has been a huge effort.

With this release, we're at a point where we believe we have a great platform that we'll continue to build and enhance with the continued support of our beta testers and users feedback. We appreciate all comments and would love to hear what you think of this beta release. If you encounter any issues or any ideas with this release, please join us in the discussion at Mapdoo's page at facebook here.

Meanwhile we will be participate in the upcoming PIKOM PC Fair from 11.04 – 13.04 at Hall 3 (Booth 307). I would love to meet you and listen to your feedback.

I hope you enjoy the Mapdoo Beta!

Mapdoo beta will be unveiled on 11.04.2008

I could confirm that Mapdoo beta will be unveiled on 11.04.2008 in conjunction with our participation in the upcoming PIKOM PC Fair at KLCC.

Make no mistake, there would not be any kind of grand ceremony or fancily decorated spacious booth... all we have got is a tiny booth with a few desktops/laptops sitting nicely at a corner in Hall 3 (booth 307) for you to be among the first to have hands on experience with Mapdoo beta and feedback.

See you then :)

Happy April Fool... 1st Anniversary!!

Time flies... and today is Mapdoo's 1st anniversary. No fancy celebrations, no party arranged... everyone at Mapdoo is just so focus gearing up for the release of the beta soon. I'll certainly make an announcement on the release date soon.

Till then... Happy April Fool :)

Mapping Marketshare: Maps Up, Mapquest Down & Yahoo Local is UP!

Again, I have stopped writing for a while... first of all thanks to those that left encouraging comments earlier and sorry for unable to reply personally. i'll surely rectify these short comings and make sure we have proper channels to communicate better in the future.

Meanwhile i'll be making several *important announcements* within these 2 weeks. Please stay tuned...

Anyway i would like to share an excellent analysis on the current mapping market share battle between Google Maps, Mapquest and Yahoo Maps. The summary of the analysis is Mapquest down, Google up, Yahoo up... My bet is on Google to catch up the lost ground sooner rather than later... read more here

Mobile Local Search: A Perfect Storm

Hello people... it is February now and it is just amazing that i'm writing my first post for the year of 2008. The things ongoing at the back stage are unbelievable. All I can reveal now is the Mapdoo beta will be released soon... more likely within days instead of weeks now.

Alright, it seems that the verdict is: "The next 36 months will be mobile local search's turn to shine."... I certainly casted my vote of confidence on that.

Click here to read the original article.

2008 web Predictions... from Read Write Web

I know it might sound a bit boring to read yet another *predictions... but hey... i love it and can't read enough of those.

Click here to read the predictions made by the guys from Read Write Web. Enjoy!!

36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!

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Click here to read on...

2008 technology prediction from "Latest Geek Stuff"

Click here to read another 2008 tech prediction... "location based services" seems to be on the very top of the list.

Mashable’s 2008 Predictions

Click here to read the 2008 predictions done by Adam from Mashable.