GODFREY, Ill., Feb. 6, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The new community map published for The Growth Association of Southwestern Illinois is now online at http://www.villageprofile.com.
The recently released map was produced in cooperation with Village Profile, the nation's leading Chamber/community publisher. Its Mobile Map Publishing Program, the only one of its kind, provides thousands of print copies; in addition, the map and all advertisements are online at Village Profile's Community Profile Network website, http://www.villageprofile.com (a link to the site is also on the Association website).
The community map is interactive -- wirelessly accessible at http://www.vpmobile.us via Blackberrys, Treos, PDAs, smart phones, web-enabled cellphones, and most other mobile devices, and allows users to link directly to advertisers' websites, as well as direct-dial advertisers in real time. Users can access the online map and advertiser directory via their desktop and laptop computers at the Village Profile website.
Take a virtual tour of River Bend communities -- and 1,400 other communities across the U.S.A. -- visit the Community Profile Network at http://www.villageprofile.com-- home of the Internet's largest, most comprehensive community website.
Village Profile, which observes its 20th anniversary in 2008 (http://www.vp-mobile.com/webpromos/20years.html), was the first Chamber/community publisher to replicate its community profiles, membership directories and maps online. It introduced multi-platform convergence publishing to the industry in 2002, with traditional print augmented by publication websites, free downloadable NewView eBooks, CDs, and mobile business directories accessible via wireless handhelds.
For more information, contact Monica Bristow the Association office, 618-467-2280; or Juli Schatz at Village Profile, 800-600-0134, ext. 219 or julis@villageprofilemail.com