information systems founded tampa florida 2006 founder w. paul bissett dave kohler headquarters portland oregon u.s. 45 30 8.56 n 122 40 30.49 w 45.5023778 n 122.6751361 w 45.5023778 ; 122.6751361 number of employees 15 website http weogeo.com weogeo was acquired by trimble navigation in 2014 and is now known as trimble data marketplace . it allows users to discover transform and download geospatial data . 1 weogeo launched 2 at the 2007 where 2.0 conference in san jose ca . weogeo and safe software announced a partnership 3 in 2008 to bring fme server to the cloud on amazon web services . weogeo was co founded by w. paul bissett and dave kohler . contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 location 4 references 5 external links history edit weogeo was established in 2006 and spun out of the florida environmental research institute 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 . 4 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 . in the fall of 2012 weogeo became more focused on marketplace offerings . products and services edit weogeo s main product is the weogeo market . it can handle millions of individual geo content files and maps ranging in file size from megabytes to terabytes . it 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 . location edit weogeo is located in portland or at the portland state business accelerator 5 references edit readwrite 2010 04 09 . weogeo how the cloud makes new markets possible . readwrite . retrieved 2013 06 17 . o reilly where2 .0 2007 05 29 . weogeo mapping the future . o reilly . retrieved 2013 06 17 . directions magazine 2008 07 17 . safe software and weogeo partner to bring spatial etl technology to the cloud . directions magazine . retrieved 2013 06 17 . all points blog 2009 11 17 . weogeo makes finals of amazon startup challenge . directions magazine . retrieved 2013 06 17 . portland state business accelerator . external links edit weogeo video introduction weogeo market weogeo support retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title weogeo & oldid 740590158 categories gis companiesinternet properties established in 2006companies based in portland oregonprivately held companies based in oregon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 01 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view