Been There, Done That

by Vishul Malik

In our user engagement initiative, we received the following idea, shared by Reva Skie: “I perused your site, found the travel section but I don’t see any maps for tourists.…


In our user engagement initiative, we received the following idea, shared by Reva Skie: “I perused your site, found the travel section but I don’t see any maps for tourists. I think some maps with tourists in mind would be good idea for some of the more traveled cities of the world. As an example, San Antonio, TX, you don’t need a map of every street in the city to map out the highlights of the Alamo and the RiverWalk.” The team at Mapsofworld.com evaluated her suggestion vis-à-vis  existing travel-related maps available on the website, and concluded that a brand new section/ sub-domain needs to be developed to cover “been there, done that maps.” This section will initially cover twenty US cities, including Austin (as suggested by Reva), to begin with.  Data-points and feedback on the initial twenty cities will lay down  framework and content guidelines for covering two hundred cities worldwide. Project initiation is slated for August 2011. Here is tentative list of twenty US cities (or regions) we have started looking at:

  1. Austin, Texas
  2. Boston, Massachusetts
  3. Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York
  4. Charleston, South Carolina
  5. Chicago, Illinois
  6. Honolulu, Hawaii
  7. Las Vegas, Nevada
  8. Los Angeles, California
  9. Miami, Florida
  10. Napa Valley, California
  11. New Orleans, Louisiana
  12. New York City, New York
  13. Salt Lake City, Utah
  14. San Diego, California
  15. San Francisco, California
  16. Savannah, Georgia
  17. Santa Fe, New Mexico
  18. Seattle, Washington
  19. Silicon Valley, California
  20. Washington DC, Permanent National Capital of the US

This list is not cast in stone, so feel free to post your suggestions and we will carefully go through them. It goes without saying that Reva Skie will soon receive her $30 Target E-GiftCard. You, too, can work with us to enhance the value of Mapsofworld.com – Where do you want us to go?

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