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Luciano Castro

Luciano Castro
Luciano Daniel Castro (born 16 March 1975) is an Argentine actor. He has worked as the lead actor in several successful telenovelas, such as Valientes, Herederos de una venganza and Sos mi hombre.
Biography
He was born in the Buenos Aires, Argentina neighborhood of Villa del Parque. His father was goalkeeper of Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors. He also as an archer made the inferiors in Club Parque and in Asociación Atlético Argentinos Juniors until the Seventh Division and became pre-selected of the Argentine U20 Team.
Career
Luciano Castro first worked in television in the game show Jugate Conmigo when he was aged 18, in the sketches and games, and singing songs like "Bella" and "Mía". He was initially known simply as "Luciano". He won the golden "Jugate Conmigo" award in the program. He was the lead actor of the 2007 telenovela Lalola, along with Carla Peterson. He received the Martín Fierro Award to the best actor, and the telenovela got the majority of awards, including the golden one. The next year he was the lead actor of Amanda O, along with Natalia Oreiro. This telenovela was made for internet, and summaries of it were aired weekly on television. Luciano Castro, Mariano Martínez and Gonzalo Heredia were the lead actors of the 2009 telenovela Valientes, that became the most successful telenovela of Pol-ka with an average of 27.3 rating points. Initially, Castro did not like the idea, but producer Adrián Suar convinced him to work in the telenovela. The format of three lead actors and three lead actresses was similar to the one used in the Colombian Pasión De Gavilanes. He worked in the 2011 telenovela Herederos de una venganza, with the actress Romina Gaetani. This telenovela was shot in a filming set in Pilar. Lobo, a 2012 telenovela starred by Gonzalo Heredia, was cancelled after a short time because of its low ratings. Luciano Castro was called to make a new telenovela to replace it, Sos mi hombre. He was reluctant to do that, as he is a friend of Heredia and had other projects, but his contract gave priority to the works with Pol-Ka.
Since September 2022, Castro began to star in the series El buen retiro, produced by Kuarzo Entertainment Argentina and in which he made his first frontal nude where he showed his genitals.
Personal life
In 2002, his first son, Mateo was born. He was in a relationship with the radio host Elizabeth Vernaci for 4 years. Since 2010 he was in a relationship with Sabrina Rojas, with whom he had his daughter, Esperanza Castro, born on June 15, 2013, and his son, Fausto Castro, born on January 7, 2015.
Filmography
Television
Theater
Movies
Awards and nominations
References
External links
Argentine male actors
Living people
Male actors from Buenos Aires
1975 births
بيليانا

بيليانا (Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα.) كانت مدينة لاكيدايمونيا القديمة، على نهر يوروتاس، وعلى الطريق من أسبرطة إلى أركاديا.وهي أيضا قرية وبلدية سابقة في لاكونيا، بيلوبونيز، اليونان. منذ إصلاح الحكومة المحلية في عام 2011، فهي جزء من بلدية أسبرطة، وهي وحدة بلدية. وحدة البلدية تبلغ مساحتها 153.763 كم2. كان مقر عاصمة البلدية كاستيرو.
المراجع
Mycenaeans by Rodney Castleden
Peter Adamis Pellana by Theodore Spyropoulos
أماكن مأهولة سابقا في اليونان
أماكن مأهولة في لاكونيا
اليونان القديمة
Coat of arms of Moldova

Coat of arms of Moldova
The coat of arms of Moldova is the national emblem of the Republic of Moldova.
The escutscheon's aurochs head accompanied by a rose, crescent and pointed star is derived from the coat of arms of the Principality of Moldavia. The heraldic supporter of an eagle with a cross in the beak is derived from the interwar coat of arms of the Kingdom of Romania. Most of Moldova's territory was part of Romania between World War I and World War II.
Official description
Moldovan law describes the arms as follows:
Per fess gules and azure, an aurochs head cabossed overall, accompanied by a mullet of eight points between the horns, a heraldic rose to dexter and a crescent decrescent to sinister, all or; supporter, behind the shield: an eagle (heraldic, wings inverted) proper (golden brown), beaked and membered gules, holding in his beak a cross or, in his dexter talon an olive branch vert and in his sinister a scepter or.
Historical coats of arms of Moldova
See also
Flag of Moldova
Coat of arms of Romania
Flag of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Emblem of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic
Flag of Transnistria
Coat of arms of Transnistria
References
Ministry of Defence
External links
1992 Postage stamps with the coat of arms of Moldova
National symbols of Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
Moldova
جائزة أستراليا الكبرى للدراجات النارية 1993

جائزة أستراليا الكبرى للدراجات النارية 1993 هو سباق دراجات نارية أقيم بتاريخ 28 مارس 1993. كان الجولة الأولى من أصل 14 في سباق الجائزة الكبرى للدراجات النارية موسم 1993. فاز الأمريكي كيفن شوانتز بفئة 500 سي سي بينما جاء الأمريكي وين ريني في المركز الثاني وحصل على المركز الثالث الأمريكي دوغ تشاندلر.
وصلات خارجية
أحداث مارس 1993 الرياضية
جائزة أستراليا الكبرى للدراجات النارية
رياضة محركات أسترالية في 1993
سباقات موتو جي بي في سنة 1993
أحداث مارس 1993 الرياضية في أوقيانوسيا
أحداث مارس 1993 الرياضية في أستراليا
غرسنية أندامانية

غرسنية أندامانية (الاسم العلمي:Garcinia andamanica) هي من النباتات تتبع الغرسنية من الكلوزية.
انظر أيضا
الغرسنية
مراجع
غرسنية أندامانية
غرسنية أندامانية
غرسنية أندامانية
غرسنية أندامانية
غرسنية أندامانية
شون آيرلادند

شون آيرلادند هو متزلج سريع كندي، ولد في 14 نوفمبر 1969 في ميسيساغا في كندا.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
رياضيون من ميسيسوجا
متزلجو سرعة أولمبيون من كندا
متزلجو سرعة في الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 1992
متزلجو سرعة في الألعاب الأولمبية الشتوية 1994
متزلجو سرعة كنديون
مواليد 1969
Bernard Ramsey

Bernard Ramsey
Bernard Bruce Ramsey (November 10, 1915 – July 11, 1996) was an executive with Merrill Lynch, a brokerage firm, but is best known for his philanthropic contributions to the University of Georgia.
A native of Macon, Georgia, United States, Ramsey graduated Lanier High School before moving on to the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, where he attended what is now known as the Terry College of Business and received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Commerce in 1937. While in college, he was a member of the Army ROTC, Delta Sigma Pi and Alpha Tau Omega fraternities, Order of the Greek Horsemen and the Gridiron Secret Society.
After serving as a lieutenant colonel in United States Air Force during World War II, Ramsey joined Merrill Lynch as a salesman. By the time of his retirement in 1973, he had become a senior vice president and was the chair of the executive committee of the firm.
Over the next two decades, he gave generously to his alma mater, culminating in a $20 million gift in 1993. He also left $18.8 million to the university in his will. To date, Ramsey is the largest individual benefactor of the University of Georgia.
As a result of his efforts, the names of Ramsey and his wife, Eugenia, appear frequently in conjunction with the university, especially with regards to the business school, which is home to the Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Center for Private Enterprise. The nation's largest student recreation center and a major scholarship award are named after Ramsey, as well as numerous endowed chairs, programs, and classrooms across campus. A bronze statue of Ramsey sits on a park bench outside UGA's Honors College. The Ramsey Concert Hall is one of two musical recital halls located in the UGA Performing and Visual Arts Complex.
Ramsey also endowed the Bernard B. and Eugenia A. Ramsey Chair of Private Enterprise in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University in 1963.
References
The Briefing- Spring/Summer 2002, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
Most generous benefactor, Bernard B. Ramsey, dies, UGA Columns faculty/staff newspaper, September 9, 1996
UGA Performing Arts Center online tour
Ramsey leaves UGA an additional $18.8 million, UGA Columns faculty/staff newspaper, September 9, 1996
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20050912110437/http://www.uga.edu/honors/fellows/about-program/Ra-benefactors.html
1915 births
1996 deaths
Terry College of Business alumni
Merrill (company) people
American financial businesspeople
People from Macon, Georgia
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century American philanthropists
انفجار شاطئ غزة 2006

انفجار شاطئ غزة 2006
انفجار شاطيء غزة 2006 هو انفجار وقع على الشاطئ بالقرب من بلدية بيت لاهيا في قطاع غزة وأسفر عن مقتل ثمانية فلسطينيين وإصابة ما لا يقل عن ثلاثين آخرين في 9 يونيو 2006. وقد أظهرت الأبحاث شريط فيديو يوثق الحادث ظهرت فيه طفلة تبلغ من العمر 11 عاما تدعى هدى غالية وهي مضطربة وفي حالة هيستيرية بعد فقدانها كل أفراد عائلتها في الحادث. وقد حظيت غالية باهتمام كبير من وسائل الإعلام بعد بث اللقطات على شبكات الأخبار في جميع أنحاء العالم، مما جعلها رمزا للمعاناة الفلسطينية،.
ففي 9 يونيو 2006، بين الساعة 4:31 و 4:50 مساء، أطلقت المدفعية الإسرائيلية وزورقا حربياً تابعاً للبحرية 8 قذائف مدفعية على الشاطئ، ماأدى إلى سقوط قذيفتين على بعد 200 متر من الأسرة. وقد تولى الجيش والمسؤولون الإسرائيليون مسؤوليتهم عن الحادث في البداية. لكن خلص التحقيق الذي أجرته قوات الدفاع الإسرائيلية بعد ذلك إلى أن الانفجار لم يكن ناجما عن قصف الشاطئ ليتم إلقاء اللوم على منجم أرضي فلسطيني.
وقد انتقدت منظمة هيومن رايتس ووتش الدولية وصحيفة الغارديان البريطانية هذا التحقيق. ليعترف جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي بوجود خلل في التقرير من حيث أنه أغفل ذكر قذيفتين من القذائف البحرية من عيار 76 ملم، باعتبار أن جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي قد هبط بعيد جدا ليتسسب في الإنفجار. بعدها اعترف الجيش الإسرائيلي بأن سبب الانفجار قد يكون قذيفة مدفعية من عيار 155 ملم كامنة غير منفجرة منذ قصف سابق، لكنه أشار في نفس الوقت إلى أنه ربما كان من الممكن أن يستخدم الفلسطينيون عبوة ناسفة محلية الصنع.
في يوليو 2007 قدمت منظمة هيومن رايتس ووتش الدولية تقريرا نهائي مفصلا عن سبب الحادث خلصت فيه أن النتيجة المزعومة التي توصل إليها جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي والتي تنطوي على انفجار بسبب عبوة ناسفة هو السبب الأقل احتمالا من بين ثلاث سيناريوهات. حيث خلصت المنظمة إلى أن «توافر أدلة هامة لم يقم جيش الدفاع الإسرائيليي بدراستها أو أخذها بعين الاعتبار يلقي مجالا للشك في صحة تقاريره واستنتاجاته ويؤكد على ضرورة إجراء تحقيق مستقل في الحادث». وقد أيدت السلطات الفلسطينية هذا الاقتراح. فيما رفضت الحكومة الإسرائيلية المشاركة.
وقد صرح رئيس لجنة التحقيق التابعة لجيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي اللواء مئير كليفي في حادثة مجزرة شاطئ غزة، أن المؤسسة الأمنية تلقت معلومات تفيد بأن غالية قالت أن «أبي قد لمس شيئا ثم وقع انفجار». وهو ما آعتبره جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي دعما لإدعاءه بأن قذيفة الجيش لم تكن سبب الوفاة. لكن في اليوم التالي ذكرت صحيفة هآرتس الإسرائيلية أن المعلومات غير موثوقة وغير واضحة. مما جعل قوات الدفاع الإسرائيلية ترفع مطالبها.
الأحداث السالفة
ضحايا
التحقيقات
قوات الدفاع الإسرائيلية
فرقة القنبلة الفلسطينية
إزالة الشظايا
هيومن رايتس ووتش
تقارير إعلامية
تقرير صحيفة الغارديان البريطانية
تقرير صحيفة زود دويتشي تسايتونج الألمانية
تقرير قناة 10 الإسرائيلية
تقرير صحيفة هآرتس الإسرائيلية
ردود الفعل
مراجع
انظر أيضا
عملية أمطار الصيف
قصف بيت حانون 2006
القضية الفلسطينية
إسرائيل في 2006
فلسطين في 2006
أحداث يوليو 2006
أحداث يوليو 2006 في آسيا
انفجارات في 2006
كوارث في فلسطين
محافظة شمال غزة
Pearl necklace (sexual act)

Pearl necklace (sexual act)
A "pearl necklace" is slang for a sexual act in which a man ejaculates semen on or near the neck, chest, or breast of another person. The term originates from the way the deposited semen resembles a necklace of translucent white pearls.
A pearl necklace can be used as a form of erotic humiliation or degradation of the person receiving the semen. Receiving a pearl necklace is an activity that sex workers use as a safe sex alternative for people who prefer not to wear condoms.
In popular culture
George Carlin used the term in his "Incomplete List of Impolite Words" joke as early as 1984, on the album Carlin on Campus. The term was also used in the stoner comedy Half Baked (1998). The ZZ Top song "Pearl Necklace" drew attention for its lyrics which were alleged to objectify women. The term appears in episode 69 of the HBO sex comedy Sex and the City, first broadcast in 2004.
See also
Bukkake
Cum shot
Erotic humiliation
Facial
Snowballing
References
Sexual acts
Sexual slang
Pornography terminology
Ejaculation
Metaphors referring to objects
Douglas Greenwald

Douglas Greenwald
Douglas M. Greenwald (June 5, 1913, Manhattan – January 15, 1997, Sarasota) was an economist. He was among the National Association of Business Economists.
In 1965 he was elected as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.
Education
He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Temple University and his master's and Ph.D. in economics from George Washington University.
Career
Greenwald joined McGraw-Hill for in 1947 as a staff economist in the magazine division, retiring in 1978 as vice president for economics of the McGraw-Hill Publications Company. In retirement he was an adviser to Japanese executives and government officials as well as editor of the last two editions of the economics encyclopedia. He also wrote and edited seven books and edited the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Modern Economics.
Awards
Japan awarded Greenwald the Third Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1986.
References
1913 births
1997 deaths
Economists from New York (state)
Temple University alumni
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni
20th-century American economists
People from Manhattan
Fellows of the American Statistical Association
Mathematicians from New York (state)
السماء الحديدية

السماء الحديدية هو فيلم حركة أُصدر في أستراليا وفنلندا سنة 2012.
القصة
تدور أحداث الفيلم حول نازيين اختبئوا في قاعدة سرية على سطح القمر منذ عام 1945 من أجل التخطيط للعودة إلى السلطة في الأرض عام 2018.
الميزانية والإيرادات
حقق أرباحا تقدر بـ 8,135,031 دولار.
روابط خارجية
مراجع
أفلام تقع أحداثها على القمر
أفلام ألمانية
أفلام ألمانية في عقد 2010
أفلام العلماء المجانين
أفلام إستوديو كانال
أفلام إنتاج 2012
أفلام باللغة الألمانية
أفلام باللغة الألمانية في عقد 2010
أفلام باللغة الإنجليزية
أفلام باللغة الإنجليزية في عقد 2010
أفلام تقع أحداثها في جيرسي سيتي
أفلام تقع أحداثها في سنة 2018
أفلام تقع أحداثها في مانهاتن
أفلام تقع أحداثها في واشنطن العاصمة
أفلام تقع أحداثها في ولاية نيويورك
أفلام حركة كوميدي ألمانية
أفلام حركة كوميدية في 2012
أفلام حركة كوميدية في عقد 2010
أفلام حولت إلى ألعاب فيديو
أفلام حولت إلى قصص مصورة
أفلام خيال علمي حربية
أفلام خيال علمي كوميدية أسترالية
أفلام خيال علمي كوميدية ألمانية
أفلام خيال علمي كوميدية في عقد 2010
أفلام خيال علمي وحركة أسترالية
أفلام خيال علمي وحركة ألمانية
أفلام خيال علمي وحركة في 2012
أفلام خيال علمي وحركة في عقد 2010
أفلام سياسية هجائية أسترالية
أفلام سياسية هجائية ألمانية
أفلام سياسية هجائية فنلندية
أفلام علمية خيالية فنلندية
أفلام عن الحرب النووية وأسلحة
أفلام عن رؤساء خياليون في الولايات المتحدة
أفلام عن نازيون
أفلام فنلندية
أفلام كوميدية في 2012
أفلام مصورة في أستراليا
أفلام مصورة في ألمانيا
أفلام مصورة في بريزبان
أفلام مصورة في فرانكفورت
أفلام مصورة في مدينة نيويورك
أفلام نهاية العالم
القمر في الأفلام
تصوير ثقافي عن سارة بالين
ديزل بانك
نازيون خياليون
لي هاندلي

لي هاندلي هو لاعب كرة قاعدة أمريكي، ولد في 13 يوليو 1913 في كلاريون في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 8 أبريل 1970 في بيتسبرغ في الولايات المتحدة.
مراجع
وصلات خارجية
لاعبو بيتسبرج بايرتس
لاعبو تشاتانوغا لوكأوتز
لاعبو سينسيناتي ريدز
لاعبو فيلادلفيا فيليز
لاعبو كرة قاعدة من آيوا
مدافعو القاعدة الثالثة دوري كرة القاعدة الرئيسي
مدافعو القاعدة الثانية دوري كرة القاعدة الرئيسي
مدربو دوري كرة القاعدة الثانوي
مواليد 1913
وفيات 1970
أشخاص من كلاريون
مسمار الرسغ

مسمار الرسغ أو المِعصم أو الكباس (بالإنجليزية: Gudgeon pin) في محرك احتراق داخلي يوصل بين الكباس و ذراع التوصيل؛ وهو يكون مشبوكا في قاعدة الكباس ويشكل حاملا لذراع التوصيل. كان مسمار الكباس عند بدء اختراع المحرك البخاري موضوعا في رأس التوصيل منزلقة التي تتصل بالكباس بواسطة قضيب.
اقرأ أيضا
محور (عنصر آلات)
قضيب الكباس
مكبس (محرك)
ذراع توصيل
رأس توصيل
حلقة كباس
المراجع
أجزاء المحرك
تقانة المحركات
محامل
مضخات
Jenny Gunn

Jenny Gunn
Jennifer Louise Gunn (born 9 May 1986) is an English former cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 144 One Day Internationals and 104 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2004 and her international retirement in October 2019. She played domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Yorkshire Diamonds, Loughborough Lightning, Northern Diamonds, Northern Superchargers, South Australia and Western Australia.
Early career
A slow seam bowler and lower-middle-order batsman, she is the daughter of former Nottingham Forest player Bryn Gunn. She plays for Nottinghamshire and Western Australia and made her Test debut at 17 against New Zealand at Scarborough in 2004. She also plays for Ransome & Marles CC, Newark, Nottinghamshire. A late injury forced her out of the Women's World Cup final in Sydney in 2009 but she was at the crease when England defeated New Zealand in the Twenty/20 World Championship final at Lords.
International career
She was vice-captain of the England side that beat Australia in the female version of the Ashes in 2013 and 2013-14. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to cricket.
She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. She signed for Warwickshire ahead of the 2016 season.
Gunn was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England.
In March 2018, during the 2018 Women's T20I Tri Nations Series in India, Gunn became the first cricketer, male or female, to play in 100 T20 International matches.
In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.
In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019. In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.
In October 2019, Gunn announced her retirement from international cricket.
Domestic cricket
In April 2022, she was signed by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred. She announced her retirement from all cricket at the end of the 2022 season.
References
External links
1986 births
Living people
Cricketers from Nottingham
English women cricketers
England women Test cricketers
England women One Day International cricketers
England women Twenty20 International cricketers
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Loughborough Lightning cricketers
Northern Diamonds cricketers
Nottinghamshire women cricketers
South Australian Scorpions cricketers
Warwickshire women cricketers
Western Australia women cricketers
Yorkshire women cricketers
Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers
Northern Superchargers cricketers
Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Ten athletes from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland competed in seven sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Great Britain athletes were the fifth most successful in terms of overall medals (7) and tied for fifth in gold medals (2). The 7 medals came on 23 entries in 14 events.
Two tennis players (one English, one Irish) also played in mixed team squads, contributing to a gold and a bronze medal. These medals are not counted as part of the Great Britain total.
Medallists
The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.
Multiple medalists
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games.
Competitors
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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Athletics
Track & road events
Field events
Cycling
Track
Road
Gymnastics
Individual
Fencing
Shooting
Merlin and Machonet were unable to win any medals in the shooting events.
Swimming
Tennis
Boland (later best known as an Irish nationalist politician) was by far the best player in the tennis competition, amassing a 6-0 record over both events and two gold medals, though one of them was as part of a mixed team. He defeated Traun in the first round of the singles competition, then teamed up with him for the doubles competition. Robertson was much less successful, losing both of the matches he played, though he was awarded a retroactive bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee as his bye in the doubles quarterfinals put him in third place in that event. Like Boland's doubles gold medal, Robertson's bronze is not counted as part of the British total because the two played on mixed teams. Some sources include George Marshall and his brother Frank; the two were entered but appear to have not competed.
Weightlifting
Elliot (born in British India of Scottish ancestry) lifted the same amount as Viggo Jensen in the two handed lift, but was declared by Prince George of Greece to have taken second place based on lifting form. In the one handed lift, he easily defeated Jensen, who lifted only 57 kilograms.
Wrestling
Elliot was defeated by eventual champion Carl Schuhmann in the first round of the wrestling competition, tying for 4th and last place.
References
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Nations at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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Olympics
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GlobeXplorer

GlobeXplorer was an online spatial data company that compiled and distributed aerial photos, satellite imagery, and map data from their online spatial archives. GlobeXplorer has been credited as the first company to establish a business around compiling and distributing online aerial and satellite imagery. In 2007, the company was acquired by DigitalGlobe.
GlobeXplorer's imagery and property data was licensed to many online information websites. GlobeXplorer obtained its content through online distribution relationships with about 30 of the world's top acquirers of aerial, satellite, and property data. GlobeXplorer's primary products were the ImageAtlas ecommerce storefront and ImageBuilder web developer toolkit. It also provided ImageConnect extensions and web services for GIS and Computer-aided design.
GlobeXplorer's defensible core competence was its ability to meter custom profiles of content for consumers and pay royalties to providers based on 512x512 "standard image units" (SIU). This was accomplished through content hosting, delivery via APIs and application plugins, and
building a custom billing system modeled around TELCO call rating and inter-bank settlement accounting. Beyond imagery, the billing system also supported metering of vector data and usage of floating license tokens for programs such as Arc/INFO, PCI and ERDAS.
History
GlobeXplorer was founded in 1999 by Rob Shanks, Michael Fisher, Chris Nicholas, and Paul Smith (former executives at HJW GeoSpatial, Inc.) through partnerships with Sun Microsystems, NASA, and Oracle Corporation. It grew from a NASA EOCAP project of HJW's to place ready-made orthophotography online, and an internal project of Sun Microsystems and Oracle to counter the Microsoft "Terraserver" technology demonstration. The EOCAP project concluded with the creation of an 'earth imagery' searchable website in 1998. HJW was acquired by Harrods of London, who provided financial backing to spin out the online effort into GlobeXplorer, which launched its public website in September 2000. An article entitled "Now you, too, can be a Spy" appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal's business section, and traffic reached nearly 4 million page views the first day.
In 2000, the company unveiled the largest Earth imagery archive.
In 2005, GlobeXplorer acquired AirPhotoUSA, a provider of aerial imagery.
In January 2007, Stewart Title sold the company to DigitalGlobe.
See also
Oracle Grid Engine
References
Online databases
American photography websites
GIS companies
Technology companies established in 1999
Technology companies disestablished in 2007
Defunct technology companies of the United States
Companies based in Contra Costa County, California
Walnut Creek, California
2007 mergers and acquisitions
1999 establishments in California
2007 disestablishments in California