We’ve launched a new feature on ZoomIn today – Directions! Thanks to the awesome power of the Google API, you can now show you how to get from A to B on ZoomIn. You can get directions from any address or place in ZoomIn or simply click on the “Get Directions” link at the top [...]

ZoomIn is 3 years today ! October 29th in 2005, ZoomIn was launched to the world. Currently we have 78734 places and 11558 users on ZoomIn ! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to ZoomIn. ZoomIn has come a long way since that date, here’s a look at some the changes that have happened over [...]

We’ve completely overhauled the add place process on ZoomIn. Now, if you want to add a place to ZoomIn is as simple as 1, 2, 3. 1. Drag the Add place marker onto the map Position the marker with X marks the spot. You can adjust the position by dragging the marker to the correct [...]

We’ve just completed an update to the underlying data on ZoomIn. We’ve just switched to a new suburb set on ZoomIn base onto the “New Zealand Fire Service” (NZFS) suburb set. Why? Its about accuracy, we want to provide the most up to date map service around. The NZFS suburb set is being used by [...]

ZoomIn will be down from 6pm today (7th July 2008). We will be performing several data maintenance tasks, including updated addresses and suburbs. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. The site should be back up within the night, after the tasks have been completed.

We’ve recently added bigger pictures to search results page when viewing a single place. Now you can see the pictures that have been added to ZoomIn. We’ve got over 5700 photos of different places. Remember adding photos to your business or favourite place is good way of getting noticed.

We’re lifting the lid on some functionality that we’ve been working for a while to make it easier to browse content on ZoomIn. For the first release (currently in “Garage Mode”) we’re focusing on browsing photos. So now you can look at all of the photos around any location, as you zoom and pan around [...]

A couple of days ago, ZoomIn passed the 10,000 user mark! Looking at the stats we currently have over 52,000 places, 5200 pictures, 4000 comments and 1100 ratings. A big thank you to all our users who have contributed to ZoomIn. Here’s a selection of the top contributors to ZoomIn, thank you one and all! [...]

We’ve been working hard over the past fews months fixing bugs and making improvements to ZoomIn. Here’s a summary of what we’ve been working on: New Functionality Activity Feed – Here you can see the last 20 actions by our members on ZoomIn. Popular places – This is where you can see the 10 most [...]

From today on, ZoomIn allows users to choose a default photo for their places. If you are the owner of a place , you have the power to let other users choose a default photo for your place. Go and do it now, pick the most beautiful photos for your places!