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Commercial Real Estate Service ZoomProspector Opens to the PublicOctober 7th, 2008 at 1:32 pmSource:Mashable! When we talk about video content on the Web, it’s now customary to speak about control. Things like on-demand, skip forward, skip back, shuffle, etc., are pretty common. They’re expected, really. So what BitGravity, a self-described content delivery network, is looking to do at the server side of media management, is give video producers more controls of their own, and all through its new Advanced Progressive API. What kind of control? A few items include auto-bitrate adjustments, scene selection, and establishing start and stop clauses, just to name a few items. BitGravity also talks about things like advertisement injection, virtual projections and so forth, all revolving around its engineering of an HD Flash- and H.264-based platform. An “Advanced Progressive” platform, at that. In short, this option allows the viewer to seek information hosted online much as one would when interacting with a physical media player, albeit without the need to complete a full download. As you might suspect, this gives the user a natural feeling experience without having to wait idle for a loader to reach the 100% mark. Less wait equals better time spent, for sure. As an HD delivery service alone, BitGravity has provided a fairly impressive option to content owners. Its ability to make instant-play and live video available at such a high level has proven attractive for a number of clients already, including Revision3 and comedian Tom Green. So the release of the API today is bound to lure more names from the creative world. Control, after all, is what nearly everyone within the media world desires. It allows producers to stay adaptive to market conditions, which in this day and age are no doubt fickle and fast to shift. —Related Articles at Mashable | All That’s New on the Web:The Digg Reel - Best of Digg VideosTonight: SXSW’s Best Party Hosted by WashingtonVCDigg Unveils a Slew of New FeaturesTom Green to Kick Off New Mashable ConversationsTom Green Addresses Future of Lifecasting and Online Video on New Mashable Conversations [video]ClipShack: The Flickr of Video, Again!Video Search Summit 2008: Register Now and Save $200
ZoomProspector, the Real Estate locating service for businesses, has emerged from private beta and opened its doors to the public. Now any business can use the service to find the optimum location to move or start their venture. Also, any city, council or state can enter the geographic and economic data related to their area in order to entice potential new businesses into moving to their region. While there are some similarities to Zillow, another online real estate service, ZoomProspector focuses solely on the commercial real estate market. In many ways, ZoomProspector acts as a real estate agent for businesses and the communities that list their locations. One side enters the data and the other side searches for what they need and want by using ZoomProspector’s search engine. In a sense, ZoomProspector is a matchmaker for businesses and communities. The biggest draw to ZoomProspector is the amount of data it possesses on locations thanks to over 150 map layers of information that can be applied by business owners. These layers each reveal something new and entirely different about a specific location such as commute times, airport proximity, education levels and other factors. While popular mapping services such as Microsoft Live Virtual Earth and Google Maps provide visually appealing images of locations, they offer less data. ZoomProspector and its 150 map layers give businesses more than enough data to help them make a decision about where they should setup shop. This is a useful service for business decision makers and community developers that are interested in real estate transactions. Centralizing all of this data and offering a search tool along with customized maps of information provides users with useful knowledge that they can use when it comes to choosing a location to start or move their business. The features are easy to use and despite the magnitude of data contained at the site, the performance is acceptable. According to ZoomProspector, “Approximately 750,000 businesses look for a new facility nationwide each year.” There is a definitely market for this service, and though ZoomProspector is currently free, I can easily see premium service plans implemented somewhere down the road. —Related Articles at Mashable | All That’s New on the Web:ZoomProspector Introduces Real Estate Search for Business Locations [Invites]iPhone Arrives in the UK and Germany TodaySpock Serving 400 Pageviews Per Second at LaunchBlyk Still Not Ready to Launch Free Mobile ServiceStreakr Exchanging Clothes for Beta TestersMore Details on Gphone EmergeEyevio - Sony Launching YouTube Rival on Friday
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