Open House, the UK architecture education charity, today announced the continued support for its Open House London event from Multimap, Europe’s leading online mapping provider. On the 17 ^th and 18 ^th September, hundreds of thousands of people will flock to over 600 private and public buildings of architectural importance throughout the capital, many of which are usually off limits to the public. It is expected that majority of these visitors will find their nearest architectural gems thanks to Multimap’s online proximity search service, Storefinder, as found at www.openhouse.org.uk.

To access Multimap’s services, visitors to www.openhouse.org.uk click the “Open House London” button, and select the “Online Buildings Search” link. They then enter the borough of interest to view a list of nearby OH buildings, and click on the map link against an item of interest to access an interactive map pinpointing its exact location. Should people wish to restrict their searches to a particular architect, building type, historic period, or opening day, they can do so easily when they enter their search.

Commenting on the services, Nicolette Spera, Open House London’s Project Manager, said, “ Multimap has played a crucial role in the success of OHL weekend over the last few years, and we’re thrilled by its continued support. The main source of information remains our website and, by making high-quality maps easily accessible to our visitors, we ensure that interested parties turn into actual visitors. In partnership with Multimap, we’re looking forward to another very successful OHL this year!“

Steve Frost, head of sales for Europe, Multimap, said, “OHL is London’s biggest architectural event, and grants thousands of people the opportunity to experience and explore the capital’s hidden gems and charms. We at Multimap are really pleased to once again be supporting such a worthwhile education programme, and trust that the provision of our services on the site will help to put not only buildings, but also the regeneration debate, firmly on the map.“

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About Multimap

Europe's leading provider of mapping and location-based services. The company delivers more online maps, point-to-point driving directions and geo-spatial ("where's my nearest?") searches to more companies than any other supplier in Europe. All services are offered on mobile, PDA, kiosk, and interactive TV platforms and in multiple languages.

The public website, www.multimap.com, provides a range of free, useful services to assist with everyday life. Key features include street-level maps of Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia; road maps of the world; door-to-door travel directions; aerial photographs; links to location information; and services such as hotel, restaurant and entertainment booking. The public site attracts over 8.6 million unique users, registers more than 160 million page impressions every month, and is one of the top 10 most visited websites in the UK. Multimap recently featured in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 league table of fastest-growing unquoted UK companies across all sectors.

About Open House

Open House London is part of Open House, the architecture education charity whose work includes a year-round architecture programme. For details visit www.openhouselondon.org.