Small Businesses are using Google Earth as a tool to save time and money and get new business.
From the Wall Street Journal and The Entrepreneurial Mind
Roofers aren’t the only ones taking advantage of aerial mapping — landscapers, pool maintenance people, real-estate agents and insurance companies are also using such services. In some cases, they’re checking out specific locations where they’re bidding for or working on a job. In others, they’re perusing the images for signs — such as pools or big lawns — indicating homes that might be potential clients for their services. Some of the mapping services are now adding photographs of buildings and streets taken from the street level, potentially increasing their usefulness to small businesspeople.
While the aerial images can be as much as a few years old, things such as roofs and the areas of lawns generally don’t change much over that period of time. And the small businesses often find the tools provided by the mapping services are accurate enough for their purposes.
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