DATAFREE

DataFree is announcing the beta version of our MLS real estate searching engine. Our current versions display listings in the San Francisco California Bay Area. Our source is MLSListings (formally REIL).

Check out our search at http://search.lindston.com.

This MLS search was designed to be fast and easy. The idea was to make it easy for users to search without harassing them like many sites do (i.e. forcing users to login or provide email). This MLS search site utilizes the latest in Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX and Googlemaps.

Google Maps was the first mapping service to provide the ‘new generation’ of AJAX based draggable maps. For many uses, the service is free, even for corporations. This can provide a substantial savings in subscription costs for locating services. As long as your maps are freely available to the public and you don’t charge for the service, google maps are free. Worried about future advertising? Google also has enterprise subscriptions if you find you need them later. This is really a win-win solution.
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Datafree announces the launch of our new partner website http://www.EstimatePropertyValues.com
This website allows consumers to quickly explore estimated property valuations and other property details. Datafree has teamed up with http://zillow.com to provide free nationwide home estimate values. The system is designed around Web 2.0 technologies such as AJAX, Google Maps, Zillow and Yahoo’s YUI interface library.
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Geocoding is the process of taking a location (like and address or city) and determining the latitude and longitude coordinates so that it can be displayed on a map or used for other purposes. Only a few years ago, it required an expensive service or a large custom database to provide this functionality. Today, we can build geocoders that are free and faster than ever. (more…)