<s>
Centamap	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
web	B-Application
map	I-Application
service	I-Application
that	O
displays	O
maps	O
of	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
,	O
launched	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centamap	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Centaline	O
Property	O
Agency	O
at	O
a	O
cost	O
of	O
HK$6	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	O
function	O
utilised	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
Geographic	B-Application
Information	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
GIS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
April	O
2000	O
review	O
of	O
several	O
digital	O
maps	O
of	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
and	O
Macau	O
in	O
The	O
Asian	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
complimented	O
Centamap	B-Application
for	O
having	O
a	O
search	O
facility	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
display	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
map	O
showing	O
a	O
hotel	O
by	O
typing	O
the	O
hotel	O
's	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
that	O
allowed	O
maps	O
to	O
be	O
easily	O
copied	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
pasted	I-General_Concept
into	O
other	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
South	O
China	O
Morning	O
Post	O
that	O
month	O
noted	O
that	O
Centamap	B-Application
's	O
website	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
no-frills	O
"	O
design	O
,	O
worked	O
better	O
in	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
than	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
and	O
had	O
less	O
features	O
than	O
TDL	O
's	O
HKCityMap	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
Community	O
Map	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
July	O
2001	O
,	O
Centamap	B-Application
had	O
added	O
links	O
to	O
government	O
air	O
pollution	O
indexes	O
across	O
the	O
city	O
,	O
the	O
meteorological	O
department	O
's	O
weather	O
predictions	O
and	O
the	O
government	O
department	O
responsible	O
for	O
selling	O
aerial	O
photographs	O
;	O
a	O
review	O
in	O
the	O
International	O
Herald	O
Tribune	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
was	O
a	O
good	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
online	O
maps	O
can	O
provide	O
information	O
that	O
is	O
impossible	O
to	O
present	O
on	O
printed	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2003	O
,	O
Centamap	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
mapping	O
service	O
licensed	O
by	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
Census	O
and	O
Statistics	O
Department	O
to	O
disseminate	O
census	O
data	O
at	O
the	O
building	O
group	O
level	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
other	O
GIS	B-Application
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2007	O
,	O
Centamap	B-Application
was	O
the	O
top	O
website	O
in	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
's	O
online	O
travel	O
market	O
,	O
capturing	O
16.5	O
%	O
of	O
all	O
website	O
visits	O
in	O
the	O
tourism	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
