Esri acquires Geoloqi

by jonl on October 17, 2012

Congratulations to our colleague Amber Case, whose geocoding services company Geoloqi has just been acquired by Esri, “the world’s leader in mapping technology and geographic systems, to bring powerful next-gen location and mapping technology to the mobile and web app community.”

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