Platial

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Platial, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 2004
Founder Di-Ann Eisnor, Jake Olsen, Jason Wilson
Headquarters Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Area served Worldwide
Key people Di-Ann Eisnor, cofounder and CEO
Jake Olsen, cofounder and CTO
Jason Wilson, cofounder and VP of Product
Industry Software
Products Mapmaker, Mapkit, Slider
Revenue Contextual Advertising
Slogan the people's atlas
Website www.platial.com
Type of site Social Computing
Registration Optional
Available in English
Launched 2004
Current status Active

Platial is a collaborative, user generated, cartographic website. It was founded in 2004 by Di-Ann Eisnor, Jake Olsen, and Jason Wilson. Platial, Inc. is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.

Platial is used by hundreds of thousands of people[1] globally to share and associate relevant content with geographic places of interest. Platial claims 25% of the web's map widgets,[2] used on over 10,000 sites.[3]

On October 18, 2007, Platial acquired Frappr!, another social mapping website, increasing its total user-generated locations to more than 100 million.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ About - Platial.com (HTML). Platial, Inc. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
  2. ^ a b Michael Arrington (2007-10-18). Social Mapping: Game Not Over Yet. TechCrunch. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
  3. ^ Aliza Earnshaw (2007-03-16). Platial map quest. Portland Business Journal. Bizjournals. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.

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