Google makes an aggressive pitch with its new Maps Engine Pro that the enterprise map can help guide businesses. October 21, 2013 2:30 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Is the shared map the next big shared file type to revolutionize businesses, the way that the spreadsheet and the document have? Google thinks so, and its betting on enterprise maps in a big way. Google's new Maps Engine Pro lets businesses import their data onto map, from which they can then analyze it and share the map. Enterprise accounts will cost $5 per user per company. Brian McClendon, the engineering group lead for Google's mapping divisions, was not shy about his intentions for the new tools. "We believe this will be the new document type, and Google's adding it to the arsenal," he said from a room overlooking the Bay Bridge at Google's San Francisco office. "Every user can and should be a cartographer." The Google Maps Engine is also being expanded to offer new features. In addition to a mobile app for Android, with an iOS app in the works, new import tools can now handle data migration from legacy systems such as SAP. The import connector has an ESRI toolbar for transfering ArcGIS maps into Maps Engine. Google's attempting to make businesses an offer they can't refuse. A free introductory enterprise account gives businesses all the tools of the full version, but with limited map queries per day. It includes full API access, so that they can test the toolset to make sure it matches their needs.
Google makes an aggressive pitch with its new Maps Engine Pro that the enterprise map can help guide businesses.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Is the shared map the next big shared file type to revolutionize businesses, the way that the spreadsheet and the document have? Google thinks so, and its betting on enterprise maps in a big way.
Google's new Maps Engine Pro lets businesses import their data onto map, from which they can then analyze it and share the map. Enterprise accounts will cost $5 per user per company.
Brian McClendon, the engineering group lead for Google's mapping divisions, was not shy about his intentions for the new tools.
"We believe this will be the new document type, and Google's adding it to the arsenal," he said from a room overlooking the Bay Bridge at Google's San Francisco office. "Every user can and should be a cartographer."
The Google Maps Engine is also being expanded to offer new features. In addition to a mobile app for Android, with an iOS app in the works, new import tools can now handle data migration from legacy systems such as SAP. The import connector has an ESRI toolbar for transfering ArcGIS maps into Maps Engine.
Google's attempting to make businesses an offer they can't refuse. A free introductory enterprise account gives businesses all the tools of the full version, but with limited map queries per day. It includes full API access, so that they can test the toolset to make sure it matches their needs.
