Maponics
Maponics is a Pitney Bowes company headquartered in White River Junction, Vermont, United States that produces geographic boundary data that is used in mapping applications and other services that utilize location-based data.
| Privately held company | |
| Industry | Location-based Data |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Darrin Clement |
| Headquarters | White River Junction, Vermont, US |
| Website | www |
History
Maponics was founded in 2001[1] by Darrin Clement. Maponics specializes in creating pre-defined geofences and other geographic boundaries that are meaningful to consumers.[2] Maponics' location data is used by many of the world's largest organizations, including Foursquare,[3] Realtor.com, Trulia, ZipRealty, and Fannie Mae.[4]
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References
- Krasilovsky, Peter (14 July 2009) "Maponics Adds ZIP Code Data to Neighborhood Info" Archived 2013-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. "BIA Kelsey".
- Shutzberg, Adena (21 March 2013) "Neighborhoods are Just Predefined Geofences". "Directions Magazine".
- Laura Stampler (10 October 2012) "Alex Bogusky Bashes Coke Even Though His Old Agency Did Its Creative— Today's Ad Brief". "Inman News".
- Paul Hagey (26 July 2011) "Maponics releases subdivision boundaries". "Inman News".
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