Where 2.0 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.

ACM San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
Providing networking and educational activities locally for 54 years (www.sfbayacm.org), we give professional developers, researchers, educators, and others in computing many opportunities to meet and keep current: technology advances, new ideas, and innovations. Parent ACM - The Association for Computing Machinery - is computing's principal international technical, educational, and professional society (www.acm.org).

C3 Technologies
C3 Technologies offers photo-realistic 3D models of the world for search, navigation and GIS. A spinout of the aerospace and defense company Saab AB, C3 is redefining mapping by applying previously classified image processing technology to the development of 3D maps as a platform for social and commercial applications.

CyberTech
CyberTech delivers next generation GeoSolutions for the web and mobile platforms in the cloud. We help Public Sector and Enterprise clients with a variety of Geo-business needs from Geo Design to Public Safety and National Security. We also build next generation light weight cool GIS Apps!. Please visit www.appmapps.com.

deCarta
deCarta offers one of the world's most utilized Location-Based Services software platforms across major local search and mapping sites, handset OEMs, and over 20 mobile operators. deCarta's enabling platform technology - including content indexing and search engine products, as well as white-label local search applications - is used by customers/developers to deploy their own branded LBS offerings.

earthmine
earthmine inc is the world leader in 3D street level imagery delivering a full end to end solution from 3D mobile mapping systems, automated data processing pipelines, cloud based hosting services and server software, to desktop software, client side developer tools and direct integration with leading GIS software. earthmine has 24 partners across the Americas, Europe and Asia/Pacific regions that provide market and customer specific solutions in conjunction with earthmine technology.

Esri
Esri is the world leader in geographic information system (GIS) and mapping software. Esri offers a variety of APIs, standards, tools, and online services to integrate mapping and GIS into multiple platforms. For four decades, Esri has been helping people make better decisions through data management, mapping, and analysis of geographic information.

Google
Google Maps and Earth offer powerful, user-friendly mapping technology and local business information in the context of satellite imagery, street level imagery, and user-contributed content. There have been over 700 million unique downloads of Google Earth since the product's launch at Where 2.0 in June, 2005. Google Earth can be downloaded for free at http://earth.google.com/. Google Maps is the most popular online mapping site in the U.S. and worldwide, and can be accessed at http://maps.google.com.

MapQuest
As a top 20 website, MapQuest helps more than 40MM people per month, providing tools for internet and mobile users, developers, and businesses. Long known as a leader for maps and directions, the new MapQuest is all about the journey; helping people explore where to go, how to get there, and what to do along the way.

NAVTEQ
NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of digital map, traffic and location data that enables navigation and location-based platforms around the world. NAVTEQ® maps span 84 countries and territories on six continents. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, USA, the Company has more than 5,400 employees worldwide located in 214 offices in 49 countries. Register at the booth to become a member of our developer community, giving you access to NAVTEQ tools, partner APIs and invaluable business development and marketing support for your location apps! Visit NN4D.com for more info.

Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.

O'Reilly Media
O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, research, 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 galvanizing their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism.

OnStar
OnStar, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, is the leading provider of connected safety and security solutions, value-added mobility services and advanced information technology. Currently available on more than 40 MY 2011 GM models, OnStar soon will be available for installation on most other vehicles already on the road through local electronics retailers, including Best Buy. OnStar safely connects its more than six million subscribers, in the U.S., Canada and China, in ways never thought possible. OnStar Stolen Vehicle Slowdown is a recipient of the 2010 Edison Award for Best New Product in the technology category. Visit www.onstar.com for more information.

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.

Rackspace Hosting
Rackspace® Hosting is the world's leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, and the founder of OpenStack™, an open source cloud platform. The San Antonio-based company provides Fanatical Support® to its customers, across a portfolio of IT services, including Managed Hosting and Cloud Computing. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com.

Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, designers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, and more to pitch ideas, form teams and launch new ventures in a single weekend. This weekend warriors' event has happened in 100's of cities across the globe from San Francisco to Athens, Greece. It's been covered in TechCrunch, the Washington Post , ABC News and beyond.

XAD
xAD is the largest local mobile search and performance advertising exchange in the United States. Monetize your location-based applications and services with our proprietary ad quality scoring technology that delivers an effective eCPM of $30. Visit booth 511 at Where 2.0 or xad.com for more info.