Monthly Archives: October 2009

October 2009 Updates

All the data you need. All in one place. All online. | Ocotber 2009 COMING SOON! Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2008. Our team is processing the most recently released data. HMDA data shows how mortgage originations have … Continue reading

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Top 10: (Update) Metro Areas with the Highest Unemployment Rates in August 2009

Although the rust belt continues to lead the country in cities with high unemployment, when looking at larger metropolitan areas, the south and southwest lead the country. The CBSA with the highest unemployment rate is the El Centro, California Metropolitan … Continue reading

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Apple bought mapping service company Placebase

Seth at Computerworld has noticed Apple’s purchase of Placebase, the former mapping service company that GigaOm was praising last year. Of course, this begs the question: Will Apple be rolling their own maps? As Gizmodo says, Apple uses the technology … Continue reading

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Apple Maps Could Replace Google Maps on iPhone

The recent acquisition of a small mapping service by Apple in July left observers speculating about different things, from Apple trying to replace Google Maps on the iPhone to the once-friendly companies moving to fierce competition. In July, Apple acquired … Continue reading

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Apple Purchase of Placebase Confirmed: Goodbye Google Maps?

Written on October 01, 2009 by Darrell Etherington Google and Apple’s very public, very messy ongoing lover’s spat is obviously not doing either company many favors in the media. Apple looks to be taking steps to ensure that should it … Continue reading

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Could Apple Maps replace Google Maps on the iPhone?

Ever since it came out that Apple purchased a mapping service three months ago, there has been increasing speculation about whether or not Apple will replace Google Maps on the iPhone with their own maps and whether the relationship between … Continue reading

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Top three reasons why Apple hates Google Maps

Apple quietly acquired a mapping firm called Placebase in early July. Watchers say that Apple needs its own mapping service in order to reduce its dependency on Google Maps, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. The credit … Continue reading

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PolicyMap and TRF's Policy at PA Chapter of the American Planning Association's Annual Conference

// < ![CDATA[ var addthis_pub="policymap"; var addthis_brand = "PolicyMap"; var addthis_options = 'facebook, linkedin, favorites, digg, reddit, email, twitter, more'; // ]]> At this week’s PA Chapter of the American Planning Association’s Annual Conference, we presented our approach of using … Continue reading

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Visit us at the NCSHA conference in San Antonio

Maggie McCullough is staffing the PolicyMap booth (#28) at the National Conference of State Housing Finance Agencies conference in San Antonio this week. 11 Housing Finance Agencies now subscribe to PolicyMap and we are always excited to hear about how … Continue reading

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Apple and Google Breaking Up Over iPhone Maps?

For the lovers of the iPhone, it’s like daddy and mommy are getting a divorce. If that wasn’t the case–if Apple and Google weren’t calling it quits–why would Apple buy a mapping company? Steve, tell us it isn’t so! The … Continue reading

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