MapInfo Corporation

MapInfo Corp

Type	Public
Industry	Software Geographic Information Systems
Founded	1986
Headquarters	North Greenbush, New York, United States
Key people	Mark Catini, President (2007)
Products	MapInfo Professional Spectrum Envinsa MapXtreme Java MapXtreme 2005 Confirm
Revenue	$165.5 million USD [1] (2006)
Number of employees	940 [2] (2007)
Parent	Pitney Bowes
Website	www.mapinfo.com

Coordinates: 42°40′58.5″N 73°42′10.5″W / 42.682917°N 73.702917°W / 42.682917; -73.702917

MapInfo Corporation, initially incorporated as Navigational Technologies Incorporated, developed location intelligence software. The company, was headquartered in North Greenbush, New York. It was acquired on April 19, 2007 by Pitney Bowes, and on January 28, 2009, the name of the division it had become was changed to Pitney Bowes Business Insight. From inception, MapInfo had grown quickly, appearing at number 23 in Inc. Magazine's annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. in 1992, and holding an initial public offering (IPO) in 1994. Its products included a desk-top mapping application, various map and demographic data products, and some web-based applications. It acquired several other companies in order to market their software, data, or services directly.

MapInfo was founded in 1986 by Laszlo Bardos, Andrew Dressel, John Haller, and Sean O’Sullivan. The four were students at nearby Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who wanted to develop an inexpensive mapping tool for the PC. They got a contract to develop bus routes for a local school district, and used the money to develop their first product. They contacted Michael Marvin early in the company's history for advice on how to form the company. Marvin helped to set up the business and used his community contacts to raise seed capital. The company originated as a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) incubator project. The first intended product was for in-car navigation, but this was abandoned when inertial navigation proved impractical.