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Rendermap creates draggable tilesets from any
mapping data, ready to serve to any ordinary
Web browser, without requiring plug-ins.


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Push your maps beyond pins, popups, and lines.

What is Rendermap?
Rendermap is the first service to create custom pre-rendered tilesets for draggable maps, giving you complete control over graphical elements and style. You can also use Rendermap to create map layers tailored to application specifications and controllable by application logic. Rendermap tilesets can be deployed via any standard browser using any map tile server, such as Placebase's Pushpin LE.
To what extent can I customize maps in Rendermap?
You get complete control over your maps, including colors, cartography, and map data. Rendermap accepts any Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data, or you can choose from our library of public data and private commercial data sources.

Maps are designed to order by Placebase cartographers, or we can accept designs from your own GIS experts in ESRI ArcMap(tm) format (.mxd file).
Example uses for Rendermap
Real estate parcel maps - show/hide parcel boundaries on a rich basemap with perfect legibility and cartographic quality

Carrier coverage maps - show nationwide coverage areas on fluidly draggable, highly legible Web maps customized to reinforce carrier brand identity
How does Rendermap make its tiles?
Rendermap consists of a fast computing grid with powerful graphics and render management software. The Rendermap grid is much like the render farms of theatrical computer animation, which crank away during filmmaking to achieve the widely appreciated computer graphics look. Rendermap similarly builds tilesets off line before deployment of the associated application. These tilesets are cached and ready for access when applications are brought up for the first time.



The Rendermap Process
DEFINE
  • Use your own custom geographic dataset. Rendermap accepts data from any Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Mix your custom dataset with data from our library: we have a library of geo data to choose from, both public and commercial

DESIGN
  • Rendermap gives you complete control over map colors and cartographic style
  • We have master cartographers standing by to give your maps their own special look & feel
  • Or, your GIS team can do the design work, styling maps in ESRI ArcMap format (.mxd file)

RENDER
  • Rendermap takes a grid computing approach to convert GIS vector data to raster images
  • Our render grid outputs millions of tiled map images at a series of geographic scales

SERVE
  • Map tiles can be served by Placebase via the Pushpin LE application service
  • Or, host your map tiles locally, using any tile server that you choose


To find out how Rendermap can work for you:
Call 800-246-9249 or email us

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