It has been a couple of weeks since our last update, and the MapWith.Us development team has been hard at work bringing you more great features.

Our latest push included a variety of fixes and additions, not the least of which were the following:

• A refined photo album viewer offering more space and better responsiveness
• Map thumbnails to better represent your creations in searches and profiles
• Dozens of new built-in icons sorted into several convenient categories
• Custom map views to quickly pan/zoom to prescribed locations
• New embedded map settings to center your map on custom views or map items
• Scripting enhancements to eliminate intermittent errors in Internet Explorer

MapWith.Us also remains committed to bringing you the best mobile geotagging software suite available today. We are delving deep into a variety of popular and upcoming platforms. Expect your favorite mobile application on these and more:

• Android (Google, Open Handset Alliance)
• iPhone
• Symbian OS (Nokia N95 and more)
• Windows Mobile

Also expect the arrival of our current software offerings for many new carriers.

Thanks again for helping to make MapWith.Us the best map media site on the Web. Keep on making maps!

Welcome one and all to the new blog from the developers of all your favorite MapWith.Us tools.

These past few weeks have been nothing if not hectic for us here at MapWith.Us. Apart from basking in the less than sultry rain of Vancouver, Washington, we’ve been up to our ears in code striving to improve our existing service, and simultaneously rolling out a handful of new tools and features for your map-making pleasure.

First and foremost, we hope everyone has heard by now about the introduction of our new mobile application, the easiest way imaginable to upload and publish photos on the spot to your maps on the web. Owners of Sprint-branded BlackBerry Pearl 8130s can plunge right in: download the application from your phone and start sending photos straight to your mobile map. Other phones and networks are in the works, so we’ll keep you apprised.

Here are just some of our other new developments over the past few weeks:

• A new comprehensive help menu to straighten some of MapWith.Us’s twists and turns
• Filled paths and customizable line widths to create more attractive routes and shapes
• An easy-to-use drag-and-drop file manager with directories and thumbnails
• A new video tool to add videos to your maps from all your favorite video sites
• New personal and business tier accounts to accommodate even the most avid map-makers
• Cosmetic enhancements from top to bottom

Rest assured, we never sleep. Additional great updates are coming soon. On the near horizon, expect the following and more:

• Easy merging and splitting of photo albums
• A more polished and refined photo album viewing interface
• Map thumbnails and other helpful map options
• Numerous cosmetic and functional enhancements to embedded maps
• A simple rich text editor for article items

As always we appreciate and value your constant feedback. Thanks for helping make MapWith.Us truly a community worth sharing!