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The Return Of… the round trip taxi journey

January 29th, 2012 2 comments

Back to square [zone] one…

Prompted by comments from one of our newer members, we’ve been looking at the way return journeys are handled by the TaxiMap price calculator… and we’re trying out some new developments… Read more…

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Turn off the map

November 27th, 2011 No comments

TaxiMap SettingsReally, TaxiMap is all about the map -it’s in the name for Pete’s sake!- but there are some instances where showing it just doesn’t work. So, today, we’ve rolled out version 3.9.17 of the TaxiMap plugin to all members with the option to hide the map from the user interface.

And with it, some other enhancements too… Read more…

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International TaxiMap

July 23rd, 2011 No comments

We have been busy updating TaxiMap to provide taxi price calculations for countries other than the UK and be understood by visitors who don’t speak English. These new features include:

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Set taxi fares for Christmas, New Year, Bank Holidays…

December 24th, 2010 No comments

One of the improvements included in the latest release of the TaxiMap fare price calculator is the ability to create date/time ranges and apply custom pricing to them. Read on to learn more about this new feature… Read more…

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Predefined Taxi Journey Prices

October 24th, 2010 No comments

Set up common journeys via a link

If your cab firm operates very common taxi journeys – such as airport transfers to and from the centre of town – or you simply want to provide example taxi journeys and pricing, we are pleased to announce, with the latest TaxiMap plugin release (v.3.9.12b released today for all users), pre-defined journeys can now be created with a simple link. Read more…

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Everybody’s a Reseller

August 3rd, 2010 No comments

We’re pleased to announce our reseller program enabling those wishing to resell TaxiMap to their clients or colleagues to do so, buying it in at a substantial discount. Read more…

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Airport Meet & Greet

April 26th, 2010 No comments
TaxiMap Meet & Greet

Illustrates meet & greet implementation

One problem with zone pricing is that it doesn’t suit meet & greet services: Although a surcharge can be applied, the direction of a journey does not determine its use in the taxi journey price calculation. After some consideration we decided that even basing the pricing on the first zone entered would not provide adequate coverage of this service, often offered by Taxi companies providing pick-ups from airports.

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Scaleable taxi discounts based on distance

April 19th, 2010 No comments

Discount-vs-Distance-PricingTaxiMap now calculates discounts on the fly based on journey distance, offering greater flexibility and control of taxi price calculations….
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New taxi booking notification and confirmation emails

March 17th, 2010 No comments
TaxiMap Taxi Booking notification

TaxiMap Booking Request Email

We have recently updated the email notification system employed by TaxiMap. This means our Taxi booking notification and booking confirmation emails are (hopefully) a bit more pretty and a little clearer to understand.

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TaxiMap geolocation

February 24th, 2010 No comments

Geolocation on iPhoneIn recent versions of the TaxiMap plugin we’ve been working with geolocation features available to certiain devices and browsers, namely Firefox and GPS enabled mobiles phones like the iPhone, Android and

Blackberry devices. With the release of version 3.8b we’ve strealined the way this system works.

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