MetaCarta

MetaCarta
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founders
FateAcquired in 2010 by Nokia who licensed the product and brand to Finch
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
,
USA
Key people
Products
Websitewww.metacarta.com

MetaCarta is a software company that developed one of the first search engines to use a map to find unstructured documents.[1][2][3][4] The product uses natural language processing to georeference text[5] for customers in defense,[6][7] intelligence,[8][9] homeland security,[10][11] law enforcement,[12] oil and gas companies,[13][14][15] and publishing.[16][17] The company was founded in 1999 and was acquired by Nokia in 2010.[18][19] Nokia subsequently spun out the enterprise products division and the MetaCarta brand to Qbase, now renamed to Finch.[20][21]

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  2. ^ "The revenge of geography". The Economist. 2003-03-13. Archived from the original on 2020-12-31.
  3. ^ US granted 7117199, Frank, John R.; Rauch, Erik M. & Donoghue, Karen, "Spatially coding and displaying information", issued 2006-10-03 
  4. ^ Levy, Steven (2004-06-07). "Making the Ultimate Map - When digital geography teams up with wireless technology and the Web, the world takes on some new dimensions". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 2004-06-03.
  5. ^ "MetaCarta: Putting Natural Language on the Map". GIS Monitor. 2003-08-21. Archived from the original on 2003-10-03.
  6. ^ Schutzberg, Adena (2002-08-22). "Information Sharing & Homeland Security Symposium: On The Floor". Archived from the original on 2002-08-26.
  7. ^ Hardy, Michael (2004-03-07). "MetaCarta maps a new path". Federal Computer Week.
  8. ^ "MetaCarta secures funding from In-Q-Tel - Investment Highlights MetaCarta's Value to Government Market". In-Q-Tel. 2002-10-16.
  9. ^ Francica, Joe (2004-03-11). "MetaCarta, Inc. - Geographical Text Searching". Directions Magazine. Archived from the original on 2004-08-11.
  10. ^ Sarkar, Dibya (2005-03-15). "DHS to use MetaCarta". Federal Computer Week. Archived from the original on 2005-04-15.
  11. ^ Hermida, Alfred (2004-01-30). "Spooks turn to hi-tech geography". BBC News Online.
  12. ^ "British Transport Police Selects MetaCarta to provide Location-based Situational Awareness for 2012". GISuser.com. 2009-01-20.
  13. ^ "Schlumberger gets MetaCarta exclusive - Schlumberger has acquired exclusive distribution rights to the oil and gas sector for the MetaCarta map-based geographic information search technology". Offshore Magazine. 2007-12-18.
  14. ^ "Schlumberger Acquires Exclusive Distribution Rights to MetaCarta for Oil & Gas Sector". GPS World. 2007-12-17.
  15. ^ "Schlumberger Acquires Exclusive Distribution Rights to MetaCarta for Oil & Gas Sector - Agreement Provides Geographically Relevant Search Capabilities". Hart Energy. 2007-12-19.
  16. ^ Smith, Susan (2008-04-07). "MetaCarta Moves into Digital Publishing with GeoSearch News". GISWeekly.
  17. ^ "MetaCarta to Geo-Enable BBC". Geospatial World. 2008-12-11.
  18. ^ "Nokia acquires geographic information company MetaCarta". New York Times. 2010-04-09.
  19. ^ "Nokia Acquires MetaCarta". MetaCarta. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  20. ^ "Nokia Divests MetaCarta Inc While Retaining Geographic Intelligence Technology for Local Search Services" (Press release). Nokia Corporation. 2010-07-12.
  21. ^ "Qbase Holdings, LLC announces acquisition of MetaCarta Inc". MetaCarta. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-09.