We just saw a presentation by Di-Ann Eisnor from Platial, a social mapping a site that collects the "personal atlases" of its users. They launched in December, and they've now mapped 200,000 places, ...

A while back we made this fun little map (above) in a desperate attempt to keep up with all of the bands that in one way or another were named after geographic places. We threw it up on the blog, it ...

The multimedia and user-generated online atlas service Platial will announce a new live offering called Today Nearby at the Where 2.0 conference starting tomorrow. The new service will combine RSS ...

SAN DIEGO--People obsessed with famous film shoots or even the tastiest local burritos have a new outlet for their passions: Online maps. Platial, a two-month-old upstart, lets people save personal ...

Platial, a social mapping startup, has decided to call it quits. The company announced its plans to shut down in a blog post on Saturday. The site may go offline as soon as Tuesday. The Portland, Ore.

As Google Maps extends its dominance in the social mapping world, mapping startups are having trouble competing. Platial, a Kleiner Perkins-backed social mapping startup, is heading to the deadpool.

No dirt on SF-Google relationship — You’ve probably seen the story about all the ties between San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Google co-founders, including the Switzerland trips together on ...

Portland startup Platial.com announced $2.4m in VC funding this morning, backed by KeyNote Ventures. The Series A funds come in advance of a series of new product announcements, Platial says this ...

Web site Platial maps your life, your neighborhood and your interests with shared annotated Google Maps. Build your "Autobiogeography" map ("here's where my first kiss happened") or pinpoint the ...

Mapping matters. Bridging between the online world and the physical world has never been so important and there’s not only the opportunity to create your own maps but also use maps in a social ...