Case Study: Homesearch achieves intuitive map-led property search with Google Cloud Platform

Homesearch Making it easier for people to chart a course through the property market

Homesearch, a UK property-data technology company, wanted to reinvent online property searching with a map-led experience that could make sense of information on 28.8 million properties. Using Google Cloud Platform’s Google Maps Platform, Homesearch needed a way to present complex data more intuitively for both property professionals and the public, while keeping the search experience easy to use and familiar.

Google Cloud Platform helped Homesearch build its map-centered platform with the Maps JavaScript API, Street View Service, Places API, and Distance Matrix API, allowing users to explore areas visually and see nearby amenities and services. The result was a customizable, high-performance interface that visualized 24 billion data points, helped Homesearch Pro attract 1,000 users by launch day and grow to more than 5,000 professional users, and supported scalable growth as the company moved more infrastructure to Google Kubernetes Engine.

Homesearch

Giles Ellwood

Founder