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MetaCarta

MetaCarta is a software company that developed one of the first search engines to use a map to find unstructured documents. The product uses natural language processing to georeference text for customers in defense, intelligence, homeland security, law enforcement, oil and gas companies, and publishing. The company was founded in 1999 and was acquired by…

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Founded
1999; 27 years ago (1999) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founders
John R. Frank (CEO & CTO) · Doug Brenhouse (COO & CFO) · Erik Rauch
Industry
Software
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia, USA
Fate
Acquired in 2010 by Nokia who licensed the product and brand to Finch
Key people
Ron Matros (second CEO) · Don Zereski (third CEO) · George C. McNamee · András Kornai (Chief Scientist)

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MetaCarta

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Edges75
Triples93
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
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MetaCarta

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related to Financing · 24
MetaCarta → Bob Frankston, By, CEO, CIA’s, DARPA’s Next Generation Internet, David, Doug Brenhouse, Erik Rauch, Esther Dyson, Frank, Geographic Text Search, Gilman Louie, Hertz Fellow, In, In July, In October, In-Q-Tel, John, Massachusetts Institute, Pattie Maes
related to Acquisition · 20
MetaCarta → April, CEO, Chief Architect, Diffeo, Discovery, Don Zereski, Erin-Michael Gill, Finch, HERE, In, John Frank, July, MetaCarta's, Nokia, Qbase, Qbase Holdings, Search, September, Synthos Technologies, VP
related to MetaCarta Labs · 16
MetaCarta → Apache Foundation, Apache Manifold Connector Framework, FeatureServer, Firefox, Flickr, Gutenkarte, In, ManifoldCF, MetaCarta Labs, O'Reilly’s Where, Open Source Geospatial Foundation, OpenLayers, SharePoint, Shortly, Silverlight, TileCache
related to Products and services · 16
MetaCarta → British Transport Police, CartaTrees, For, Geographic Search, Geographic Text Search, GSRP, GTS, Internet-based, It, Its, Microsoft Vine, National Geographic, Olympics, Referencing Platform, The, The GTS
Key people · 4
MetaCarta → András Kornai (Chief Scientist), Don Zereski (third CEO), George C. McNamee, Ron Matros (second CEO)
Founders · 3
MetaCarta → Doug Brenhouse (COO & CFO), Erik Rauch, John R. Frank (CEO & CTO)
Products · 2
MetaCarta → geographic information retrieval, OpenLayers
is a · 2
MetaCarta → first company in this space in which we have invested, software company that developed one of the first search engines to use a map to find unstructured documents
Fate · 1
MetaCarta → Acquired in 2010 by Nokia who licensed the product and brand to Finch
Founded · 1
MetaCarta → 1999; 27 years ago (1999) in Cambridge, Massachusetts

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MetaCartaFateAcquired in 2010 by Nokia who licensed the product and brand to Finch1.00infobox
MetaCartaFounded1999; 27 years ago (1999) in Cambridge, Massachusetts1.00infobox
MetaCartaFoundersJohn R. Frank (CEO & CTO)1.00infobox
MetaCartaFoundersDoug Brenhouse (COO & CFO)1.00infobox
MetaCartaFoundersErik Rauch1.00infobox
MetaCartaHeadquartersReston, Virginia, USA1.00infobox
MetaCartaIndustrySoftware1.00infobox
MetaCartaKey peopleRon Matros (second CEO)1.00infobox
MetaCartaKey peopleDon Zereski (third CEO)1.00infobox
MetaCartaKey peopleGeorge C. McNamee1.00infobox
MetaCartaKey peopleAndrás Kornai (Chief Scientist)1.00infobox
MetaCartaProductsgeographic information retrieval1.00infobox
MetaCartaProductsOpenLayers1.00infobox
MetaCartaTypePrivate1.00infobox
MetaCartaWebsitewww.metacarta.com1.00infobox
MetaCartais asoftware company that developed one of the first search engines to use a map to find unstructured documents0.90text
MetaCartais afirst company in this space in which we have invested0.90text

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