Multimap.com

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Multimap.com was a provider of mapping and location-based services. Founded around 1997 and based in London, it was acquired by Microsoft in 2007 for $50 million.{{Cite web | url=https://techcrunch.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-buys-multimap-for-a-reported-50-million/ | title=Microsoft Buys Multimap for a Reported $50 Million | first=Erick |last=Schonfeld | work=TechCrunch | date=December 12, 2007}}{{cite press release | url=https://news.microsoft.com/2007/12/12/microsoft-acquires-one-of-europes-top-online-map-services/ | title=Microsoft Acquires One of Europe's Top Online Map Services | publisher=Microsoft | date=December 12, 2007}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/technology/13iht-msft.1.8725845.html | title=Microsoft acquires MultiMap | first=Eric | last=Pfanner | work=The New York Times | date=November 13, 2007}}{{Cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-acquisition/microsoft-buys-online-mapping-company-multimap-idUSN1261794820071212 | title=Microsoft buys online mapping company Multimap | first1=Franklin | last1=Paul | first2=Daisuke | last2=Wakabayashi | work=Reuters | date=December 12, 2007}}

It was then merged into Bing Maps.{{Cite news | url=https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2008/10/15/multimap-launches-free-api-and-it-includes-virtual-earth | title=Multimap Launches Free API (And It Includes Virtual Earth) | work=Bing | date=October 16, 2008}}

It offered street maps and door-to-door travel directions on a public web site. Other offerings included aerial photography, local information, and business services. Services were also offered through its partners, including accommodation, restaurant and train-ticket booking. It also sold historic and aerial photograph prints. Multimap offered discrete panning by clicking links, a form of user interaction later displaced by continuous panning 'slippy' maps. The Geo microformat was used to provide a Wikipedia map overlay generated from the official database download. This was used to browse geotagged articles.