We chose to use characteristic polygons rather than rectangles because cognitive psychology studies have shown that people remember strange shapes more readily than squares and rectangles. These polygons are similar to the shapes of lands and states that you are familiar with from your daily life, and they function as a visual cue to make your navigation experience easier. Any time you're on the Web and you want to know where you are, you can click this button to see your location on the WebMap. In a sense they are surfing backwards. WebMap Technologies is committed to upholding your privacy.
Many companies collect user data and then resell it to generate revenue.
This is not something that we do now, nor will we ever do it in the future. We do aggregate statistical data on our user group as a whole in order to accurately draw WebMap and improve it. However, any users who are not comfortable with this are welcome to go to the options menu on the WebMap Toolbar and disable this function. For more information, see our privacy policy. WebMap functions in the same way as any portal, search engine or browser.