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Undoubtedly, Geocode Factory is an amazing piece of software. Our ambitious www.solamaps.com site in a Jomsocial context is a world first, bringing together people across the globe that have solar PV or solar hot water systems installed in their homes.

We seek to map these worldwide installations and Geocode Factory was the only software that promised to deliver what we were after. I have spent somewhere in the vicinity of US$10,000 from feasibility studies to ultimately developing this site. With no guarantee of financial return I am committed to seeing renewable energy incorporated into homes across the world.

We had some teething issues after installation, and I hassled Rick over the 2010 Christmas period to assist... Being the good father, his family came first, but even over this period he provided support and solved my problems.

Rick's first language is not English and he works hard to support his creation. However, better, clearer, step-by-step documentation is needed to make this application more user friendly.

For my application I also purchased from JoomlaXi, their Multiple Profiles extension which made assigning profiles to Geocode Factory that much easier.

I have no hesitation in recommending this extension. If you need serious mapping that provides multiple markers correlating and identifying profiles in Jomsocial, go for Geocode Factory.

In the future, I would love to see the capability for Geocode Factory extended to separate the markers into layers. This would allow the frontend user to select only those markers they wish to see on a map. For example, a viewer could look at our map and only select solar hot water systems, and exclude PV systems. This simple addition alone would bring Geocode Factory into the realm of $100,000 commercial GIS software.

I suspect our site will help sell this great extension and I wish Rick all the very best.