founded pittsburgh pennsylvania 1997 headquarters auburn maine u.s. area served worldwide key people christopher carson president and chief executive officer products campustours anymap campustours anytour campustours walkingtour website www.campustours.com campustours inc. formerly campustours llc operates campustours.com a directory of information about tours of higher education institutions including virtual tours and campusmaps.com a directory of information about the campus maps of higher education institutions . campustours is located in auburn maine and is privately held . history edit campustours inc. is a software services vendor and online directory with headquarters in auburn maine that is primarily known as a developer of virtual tours and interactive maps and as the proprietor of campustours.com a source for virtual college tours and campusmaps.com a source for campus maps . campustours was founded in 1997 by christopher carson in pittsburgh pennsylvania . 1 2 the company provided links to the virtual tours interactive maps and videos of colleges and universities and was supported by advertising revenue . 3 4 5 in june 1999 campustours was acquired by the college services company college enterprises inc later renamed icollege inc . blackboard purchased icollege college enterprises in november 2000 and campustours became a part of blackboard . 6 campustours was spun out of blackboard in 2001 as a separate company campustours inc. and moved to maine . in 2002 campustours began building tours for colleges and universities and in 2004 campustours debuted the first version of the company s multimedia engine tour software system . campustours now builds content managed virtual tours and interactive maps . references edit the new york times universities turn to internet for virtual tours . christopher f. schuetze . retrieved 24 june 2014 . bear david 1999 04 25 . a primer for campus visits . the traveler s journal . retrieved february 14 2012 . web destinations . 28 dec 1998 . retrieved february 14 2012 . if you ve always wanted to go to harvard ... . news watch . 12 aug 1999 . retrieved february 14 2012 . warren rachel 28 july 1998 . campus tours the new way ; online and on videotape as well as in person . retrieved february 14 2012 . irwin neil november 29 2000 . blackboard to chalk up 2 acquisitions ; smart card companies augment technology and customer base . the washington post . external links edit official site campustours official site campusmaps official site walkingtour.com universitybusiness retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title campustours & oldid 706917106 categories map companies of the united statescompanies established in 1997online companiesinformation technology managementvirtual realityeducational technology companiestechnology companies established in 1997travel technology1997 establishments in pennsylvania 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 26 february 2016 at 00 51 . 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