- GlobeXplorer
Infobox_Company
company_name = GlobeXplorer
company_type = Subsidiary of public company (Stewart Title)
foundation =Walnut Creek, California (1999 )
location =Walnut Creek, California ,USA
key_people = Rob Shanks, Co-founder/President
Paul Smith, Co-founder/COO
Majid Azad, CFO
industry =Websites
Aerial Photography
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
products = ImageAtlas
ImageBuilder
ImageConnectGlobeXplorer is an online spatial data company that compiles and distributes aerial photos, satellite imagery, and map data from their online spatial archives. Based in Walnut Creek, CA, GlobeXplorer has been credited as the first company to establish a business around compiling and distributing online aerial and
satellite imagery . GlobeXplorer owns the aerial photography firm AirPhotoUSA.Products
GlobeXplorer’s primary products are its ImageAtlas viewer and ImageBuilder web developer toolkit. They also provide ImageConnect extensions and web services for
GIS andCAD .History
GlobeXplorer was founded in 1999 by Rob Shanks and Paul Smith (former executives at HJW GeoSpatial, Inc.) through partnerships with
Sun Microsystems andNASA . In 2005, GlobeXplorer acquired AirPhotoUSA, one of the nation’s leading providers of aerial imagery. Previous owner Stewart Title (STC) sold the company to Digital Globe in early January 2007.Prominent Customers
In addition to its own website, GlobeXplorer's imagery and property data can be found on
Ask.com ,Zillow.com ,National Geographic , Reply.com, and the Germany-basedMap24 .com, as well as inside various professional real estate services likeCoStar , eNeighborhoods, and Rappatoni MLS.Partner Relationships
GlobeXplorer obtains its content through online distribution relationships with about 30 of the world’s top acquirers of aerial, satellite, and property data.
External links
* [http://www.globexplorer.com GlobeXplorer's corporate home page]
* [http://www.globexplorer.com/ImageAtlas/view.do? GlobeXplorer's ImageAtlas Viewer]
* [http://www.geospatial-online.com/geospatialsolutions/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=337601 GeoSpatial Solutions Magazine article on ImageBuilder]
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