Platial
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder(s) | 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 |
| Alexa rank | 166,472 (Retrieved on 2008-02-18) |
| Type of site | Social Computing |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Current status | Dead |
Platial was a collaborative, user generated, cartographic website. It was founded in 2004 by Di-Ann Eisnor, Jake Olsen, and Jason Wilson. Platial, Inc. was headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
Platial was 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]
On February 27, 2010 Platial announced that the service would be closing down within a few days.
[edit] References
- ^ "About - Platial.com". Platial, Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20071026020318/http://www.platial.com/about. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ a b Michael Arrington (2007-10-18). "Social Mapping: Game Not Over Yet". TechCrunch. http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/18/social-mapping-game-not-over-yet/. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ^ Aliza Earnshaw (2007-03-16). "Platial map quest". Portland Business Journal. Bizjournals. http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/03/19/story1.html. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
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