Space Machine Provides Online Restaurant Menus and Directory in Partnership with Menus.com
SUNNYVALE, CA (September 25, 2000) - Space Machine, a leading provider of web-based interactive mapping, information and transaction services, today announced online availability of information and menus for more than 300,000 restaurants as an additional benefit of CommerceMap, one of the Company's turnkey solutions for local commerce.
In an agreement with Menus.com, Space Machine uses Menus.com's extensive database of restaurants to power CommerceMap's restaurant directory. CommerceMap users are able to search for restaurants by location, view a map display of restaurant locations, and access comprehensive information about more than 300,000 restaurants, including location details, menus, and articles about restaurants and the world of food.
Space Machine will also create a private label version of CommerceMap for Menus.com which will integrate the Menus.com database. Business serving the restaurant industry who purchase information from Menus.com will be able to more easily identify target markets, conduct market research and plan sales trips using Space Machine's solutions. Consumers will also benefit from Space Machine's mapping and search capabilities.
Menus.com is the definitive Web resource for tech-savvy diners, providing useful, reliable and fun information about restaurants located in the U.S, U.K. and elsewhere. The Menus.com database includes daily information updates about thousands of restaurants, menus and articles on restaurants and the world of food. Menus.com is a resource for consumers, restaurateurs and the food service industry.
"Space Machine actively seeks and enters into partnerships with leading companies like Menus.com who enable us to offer a growing array of valuable information and directory services. These services provide great benefits to our customers and end users," said John Cheong, President and Founder of Space Machine, Inc. "CommerceMap users will be able to find restaurants around the country. They'll be able to specify an area where they want to stay, view a map display of restaurant choices, find detailed information and menus and in some cases, make an online, real-time Internet-call reservation - all from a single page on our CommerceMap solution. And restaurants benefit from increased visibility to customers on the Internet.
About Space Machine, Inc.
Space Machine delivers the leading software platform and application framework enabling enterprise-class "location-smart" applications that leverage the power of wireless location technologies. The Company's mission: to help businesses build and deploy location-smart applications. Founded in 1999 and currently headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Space Machine is a privately held company with a strong culture of technology innovation and engineering excellence. For more information about Space Machine, please visit www.spacemachine.net or send email to inquire1@spacemachine.net.
