Software995 Inc. announced Explore, a new ThinkMatch search surface for finding real-world places worldwide and using them as starting points for free ThinkMatch events.
Explore lets people search by city, address, current location, category, place name, or activity type. Results can include gyms, fitness spaces, tennis courts, climbing facilities, cafes, restaurants, libraries, community centers, worship places, parks, and other local places supported by map data.
From a search result, a person can view nearby ThinkMatch events, open an existing event when one is already associated with that place, or create a new free event. The create flow preserves the selected place through login and account creation, so a visitor can begin planning before they are asked to sign in.
The feature expands ThinkMatch beyond pre-created venue pages. Instead of requiring every possible gym, cafe, court, or gathering place to exist in ThinkMatch's venue database ahead of time, Explore can help people discover places from live map data and create events where they actually want to meet.
Explore is also designed to work across web, iPhone, and Android. On the ThinkMatch homepage, the search icon can now send people into Explore with the user's current area already selected when location is available.
ThinkMatch events created from Explore remain free, public, and location-aware. After creating an event, the creator is routed through the normal guest questionnaire and share flow so they can answer prompts, join the event, and invite others through ThinkMatch.
"People do not only meet at places we have already preloaded," said Scott Rothstein, Architect at Software995 Inc. "Explore lets someone start with the real place they have in mind, whether that is a gym in Palo Alto, a cafe in Paris, a tennis court, a library, or a community center, and turn it into a ThinkMatch event in a few steps."
About Software995 Inc.
Software995 Inc. is a Palo Alto, California-based software company best known for Pdf995, the long-running PDF creation and document publishing suite with more than 50 million installations and millions of enterprise users worldwide. For more than 20 years, Software995 has built practical, affordable software for document creation, conversion, security, search, backup, FTP, imaging, and workflow productivity. The company's newer products include ThinkMatch, a platform for real-world introductions, events, matching, invitations, chat, video, and group discovery, and SearchWithin, a survey experience that helps people understand themselves through feedback from the people around them.
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