Where 2.0 Conference 2009 Exhibitors

ACLU
The ACLU of Northern California works to ensure that as technology advances, privacy and free speech rights keep pace. Visit us at our Where 2.0 booth or at aclunc.org/tech to learn how to make smart decisions about privacy and free speech to protect your customers' rights and bolster your bottom line.

earthmine
earthmine is creating the world's most detailed and accurate geospatial platform for the street level. The company is focused on indexing reality, creating a robust geospatial data mine of our urban environments comprised of high resolution imagery and high fidelity 3D data. The earthmine Flash Viewer and Direct Data APIs provide a comprehensive toolset for working with this data and building applications

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the leading organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. EFF believes protecting innovation is central to advancing our freedom and has fought to clear the way for encryption, file-sharing software, open source HDTV tools, and much more.

ESRI
ESRI is the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) software providing powerful GIS solutions to more than 300,000 clients in more than 200 countries. If you are a software developer looking for an effective way to add geography and mapping to your applications, ESRI has cross-platform development and deployment tools designed to meet your needs, available as components, servers and data rich Web services.

EveryScape.com
EveryScape.com is creating "The Real World Online," the first interactive experience that lets anyone online explore a city's interiors and exteriors by walking down streets, and going inside local businesses and landmarks. Leveraging its patented HyperMedia Technology Platform, EveryScape is using a highly scalable approach for local search that creates a virtual experience of all metropolitan, suburban and rural areas.

Google
Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Imaging Notes
Imaging Notes is the must-read publication for professionals in remote sensing. We provide objective in-depth reporting of major stories affecting the industry, while others are simply publishing the press releases. We cover on a quarterly basis defense/security, natural resources/energy, the environment, transportation/infrastructure, civil government applications for remotely sensed data.

LBx Journal
Location Based Intelligence in the Language of Business. LBx is bridging the gap between geospatial companies and businesses that are integrating location-based intelligence into their decisions, by establishing a rich web resource for connection, product info, experts, and interaction. LBx launches online and in print at Where 2.0 in May 2009! Sign up now for free eNews and more information at www.lbxjournal.com.

MapQuest
MapQuest provides Internet, mobile and business solutions delivering on the promise of helping people research and discover: where is it, how I get there and what's nearby. MapQuest is one of the most recognized and trusted brands on the Internet, offering maps and directions, serving more than 41 million users.

Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions and services for communications networks.

O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly has been a chronicler and catalyst of leading-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying faint signals from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. Whether it's delivered in print, online, or in person, everything O'Reilly produces reflects the company's unshakeable belief in the power of information to spur innovation. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.

OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap is like a wikipedia of maps. OSM creates and provides free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways.

OSGeo
OSGeo represents the open source communities who build the tools behind internet web mapping today. Build geospatial apps without worrying about licensing costs or proprietary software lock-in. Web mapping, desktop, OGC interoperability, services and APIs: OSGeo has it all.

SideFeed
JokerRacer is a project to remote drive a small racing car from anywhere in the world over the internet. Our car is equipped with palm sized linux server with wifi, motion controllers, sensors, web camera and GPS to give you a real time driving experience. Joker Racer will bring you anywhere right at this very moment!

Waze
waze empowers drivers everywhere to generate Live Maps and Real-Time Road Information. By simply driving with waze on their smartphones, drivers create a live map and exchange up-to-the-minute road information such as traffic, accidents, incidents, parking and more...

Yahoo! Inc.
Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet brand and one of the most trafficked Internet destinations worldwide. The Yahoo! Developer Network offers Web Services and APIs that make it easy for developers to build applications and mashups that integrate data sources in new ways, making the web a more useful and fun place for everyone. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.