Platial
Former website providing map services
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
 | |
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Social Computing |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Di-Ann Eisnor, Jake Olsen, Jason Wilson |
| 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 |
| URL | www.platial.com |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Current status | Dead |
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]
