We receive many feature requests of which some we can do quickly, some are great ideas but will take us a while to implement and some shall we say `insane` recommendations.

Fortunately, one of our most frequently requested features was the ability to add parking space locations to a Satellite Navigation system.

Now, once a booking has been confirmed you will be greeted by a very friendly looking button. Simply click on the button to interact with your installed TomTom navigation software.

We hope to add support to other Satellite navigation devices shortly.

Thanks and keep sending us your suggestions and feature requests,
Your GPS enabled ParkatmyHouse.com Team

From 23rd - 24th April ParkatmyHouse.com exhibited at ParkEx, Europe’s largest dedicated parking event.

Now let me just say that this was a new experience for us! We were not there to discuss the differences between Pay and Display machines in Newcastle and London or the material used for penalty charge notices. Nor were we there to get excited about the new techniques parking enforcement agencies were using to make us pay up and although a rather more exciting conference was going on next door (an event planning conference with champagne fountains, celebrity look-a-likes, model agencies and sushi tasting experiences) our aim was to increase awareness of ParkatmyHouse and overall the two days were a big success.

We talked to a number of interesting companies, both large and small and we look forward to working with a number of them in the future. If you were one of the unlucky ones and didn’t attend ParkEx and would like to talk to us about potential partnership opportunities please get in touch.

As you all hopefully know by now, ParkatmyHouse is available in 7 different countries. We can hardly believe it either. Cultural differences aside, the differences in the way we write addresses and postal codes can be a frustrating problem when catering for multiple audiences.

US Zipcodes are easy to remember and recognise, especially 90210 (for Beverley Hills) - which we can check for by looking for 5 consecutive numbers.

UK Postcodes have a slightly more complex structure. A typical postcode will look something like this `SE1 4BN` but to check that a postcode has been entered correctly we have to use something ugly looking like `/^[A-Z][A-Z]?[0-9][A-Z0-9]?(?:\s*[0-9][ABDEFGHJLNPQRSTUWXYZ]{2})?$/i`

You can probably work out what the above jargon is doing if you look at it closely.

Canada have something just as ugly `/^[ABCEGHJKLMNPRSTVXY][0-9][A-Z](?:\s*[0-9][A-Z][0-9])?$/i`

Fortunately, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands have simple 4 digit postal code systems. Curiously though, Ireland is yet to adopt a post code system which begs the question `How do the postman know where to take the mail?`

In addition to checking the accuracy of an entered postcode we also need to know the exact coordinates of each postcode in these countries. A problem solved thanks to a fantastic service called Geonames who have provided us with nearly all the postal code data we could ask for.

The idea of the GeoNames project is to aggregate national and local data and combine it into one global open source project. Their main goal is to provide useful data and web services.

If you have a map based project or require any geographic data including population statistics, head over to www.geonames.org and take a look around.

Renting out a parking space online is quite a new phenomenon for most of us. Renting a property however has been around for years and one of the leaders in this field are Nestoria.

Nestoria have recently integrated all of our spaces in to their website. Do you need a flat to rent in Victoria? Well now you can also find out where you can park, be it in a commercial car park or at one of our user’s many driveways. Simply click on the Parking tab below the map, and nearby parking opportunities are displayed as pins on the map as displayed on the image below.

We see this as a great opportunity to increase the exposure of our listings making it more likely that someone needing a space will be able to find something that matches their needs and also provide Nestoria users with relevant and useful information around properties they are searching.

Allen Stern from Center Networks created a very informative video guide on our service earlier on in the year. Click on the play button below to view the video.