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[4] that the service would be closing down within a few days.
In the Geographic Information Science literature, the concept of 'platial' refers to place-based studies in parallel with the use of 'spatial' for space-based (coordinate-system oriented) studies.[5]
ReferencesEdit
^. Platial, Inc. Archived from the original on 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
^ abMichael Arrington (2007-10-18). "Social Mapping: Game Not Over Yet". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
^"Geographic Euthanasia: The End of Platial As We Know It (Platial News and Neogeography)". typepad.com.
^Gao, S.; Janowicz, K.; McKenzie, G.; & Li, L. (2013). Proceedings of the First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Models of Place - COMP '13. pp. 42–49. doi:10.1145/2534848.2534856. ISBN9781450325356. S2CID 10586099. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Gao, S.; Janowicz, K.; McKenzie, G.; & Li, L. (2013). Proceedings of the First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Models of Place - COMP '13. pp. 42–49. doi:10.1145/2534848.2534856. ISBN9781450325356. S2CID 10586099. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
Goodchild, Michael (2015). "Space, place and health". Annals of GIS. 21 (2): 97–100. doi:10.1080/19475683.2015.1007895.
External linksEdit
Official Platial weblog
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platial, collaborative, user, generated, cartographic, website, founded, 2004, eisnor, jake, olsen, jason, wilson, headquartered, portland, oregon, type, businessprivatetype, sitesocial, computingavailable, inenglishfounded2004headquartersportland, oregon, are. 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 Inc Type of businessPrivateType of siteSocial ComputingAvailable inEnglishFounded2004HeadquartersPortland Oregon U S Area servedWorldwideFounder s Di Ann Eisnor Jake Olsen Jason WilsonKey peopleDi Ann Eisnor cofounder and CEOJake Olsen cofounder and CTOJason Wilson cofounder and VP of ProductIndustrySoftwareProductsMapmaker Mapkit SliderRevenueContextual AdvertisingURLwww platial comRegistrationOptionalLaunched2004Current statusDeadPlatial 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 4 that the service would be closing down within a few days In the Geographic Information Science literature the concept of platial refers to place based studies in parallel with the use of spatial for space based coordinate system oriented studies 5 References Edit About Platial com Platial Inc Archived from the original on 2007 10 26 Retrieved 2008 02 18 a b Michael Arrington 2007 10 18 Social Mapping Game Not Over Yet TechCrunch Retrieved 2008 02 18 Aliza Earnshaw 2007 03 16 Platial map quest Portland Business Journal Bizjournals Retrieved 2008 02 18 Geographic Euthanasia The End of Platial As We Know It Platial News and Neogeography typepad com Gao S Janowicz K McKenzie G amp Li L 2013 Proceedings of the First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Models of Place COMP 13 pp 42 49 doi 10 1145 2534848 2534856 ISBN 9781450325356 S2CID 10586099 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Gao S Janowicz K McKenzie G amp Li L 2013 Proceedings of the First ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Computational Models of Place COMP 13 pp 42 49 doi 10 1145 2534848 2534856 ISBN 9781450325356 S2CID 10586099 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Goodchild Michael 2015 Space place and health Annals of GIS 21 2 97 100 doi 10 1080 19475683 2015 1007895 External links EditArchived copy of official website Official Platial weblog This Web software related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Platial amp oldid 1152420835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
