WeoGeo
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WeoGeo is a SaaS
or Software Appliance
based service that allows users to archive, discover, transform and share geospatial data
. WeoGeo launched at the 2007 Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose, CA. WeoGeo and Safe Software
announced a partnership in 2008 to bring FME Server
to the cloud on Amazon Web Services.
WeoGeo was co-founded by W. Paul Bissett and Dave Kohler.
, where the founders had worked together for nine years. It was founded to enable greater productivity in the geospatial industry by removing the vertical barriers to geo-content creation and sharing. In 2007, WeoGeo was a finalist in the Amazon Web Services
StartUp Challenge. WeoGeo released their Library Appliance in the July, 2008 concurrent with their Market service. They released their Library, a monthly, Software-as-a-Service version of their Appliance, in March, 2009. WeoGeo left private beta on May 6, 2010 opening the service to the public.
or Software Appliance
solution. It can handle millions of individual geo-content files and maps, ranging in file size from megabytes to terabytes. The WeoGeo Market is an internet B2B
marketplace that enables geospatial professionals to search, discover, customize, and acquire professional geo-content within minutes of entry to the marketplace.
Pitney Bowes Business Insight
has picked WeoGeo to power their Data as a Service
product.
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Saas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
or Software Appliance
Software appliance
A software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware or in a virtual machine....
based service that allows users to archive, discover, transform and share geospatial data
Geographic Information System
A geographic information system, geographical information science, or geospatial information studies is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographically referenced data...
. WeoGeo launched at the 2007 Where 2.0 Conference in San Jose, CA. WeoGeo and Safe Software
Safe Software
Safe Software Inc. provides software and consulting services focused on managing the exchange of both spatial and non-spatial data between GIS applications and/or relational databases with differing file formats and structures....
announced a partnership in 2008 to bring FME Server
Feature Manipulation Engine
FME is an integrated collection of Spatial ETL tools for spatial data transformation and data translation produced by Safe Software Inc. of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada...
to the cloud on Amazon Web Services.
WeoGeo was co-founded by W. Paul Bissett and Dave Kohler.
History
WeoGeo was established in 2006, and spun out of the Florida Environmental Research InstituteFlorida Environmental Research Institute
The Florida Environmental Research Institute is a 5013 not-for-profit, research and education organization located in Tampa, Florida. Founded in 1998, FERI’s initial client was the Department of Defense Office of NavalResearch...
, where the founders had worked together for nine years. It was founded to enable greater productivity in the geospatial industry by removing the vertical barriers to geo-content creation and sharing. In 2007, WeoGeo was a finalist in the Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services
Amazon Web Services is a collection of remote computing services that together make up a cloud computing platform, offered over the Internet by Amazon.com...
StartUp Challenge. WeoGeo released their Library Appliance in the July, 2008 concurrent with their Market service. They released their Library, a monthly, Software-as-a-Service version of their Appliance, in March, 2009. WeoGeo left private beta on May 6, 2010 opening the service to the public.
Products and services
WeoGeo has two product offerings, the WeoGeo Library and the WeoGeo Market. The Library provides a solution to the archival, discovery, customization, and delivery of in-house geo-content for the enterprise and is available as a SaaSSaas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...
or Software Appliance
Software appliance
A software appliance is a software application that might be combined with just enough operating system for it to run optimally on industry standard hardware or in a virtual machine....
solution. It can handle millions of individual geo-content files and maps, ranging in file size from megabytes to terabytes. The WeoGeo Market is an internet B2B
Business-to-business
Business-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
marketplace that enables geospatial professionals to search, discover, customize, and acquire professional geo-content within minutes of entry to the marketplace.
Pitney Bowes Business Insight
MapInfo
MapInfo Corporation, initially incorporated as Navigational Technologies Incorporated, was a leading Location Intelligence and GIS company, headquartered in North Greenbush, New York. It was acquired on April 19, 2007 by Pitney Bowes, and on January 28, 2009, the name of division of Pitney Bowes it...
has picked WeoGeo to power their Data as a Service
Data as a Service
Data as a service, or DaaS, is a cousin of software as a service. Like all members of the "as a Service" family, DaaS is based on the concept that the product, data in this case, can be provided on demand to the user regardless of geographic or organizational separation of provider and consumer...
product.
Location
WeoGeo is located in Portland, OR at the Portland StatePortland State University
Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in...
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