MetaCarta, the leading provider of geographic search solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to provide the MetaCarta Geographic Search and Referencing Platform to deliver map-based local news within the Microsoft Vine service. Microsoft Vine connects individuals to the people and places they care about most, when it matters. It helps people stay in touch with family and friends and enables them to send alerts when someone needs help. With the Microsoft Vine personal dashboard, people can get involved by creating groups, then sending them alerts and reports to stay in touch, informed and involved.
"Microsoft and MetaCarta have a shared interest in delivering information to consumers that is local, reliable and actionable," said Tammy Savage, General Manager, Public Safety, Startup Business Accelerator Group, Microsoft Corporation.
MetaCarta’s platform automatically geo-references textual data from all sources. The platform includes the GeoSearch News Collection, which provides more than 200,000 articles per day of international and hyperlocal news.
For more information please visit www.vine.net.
