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== History == The company was founded in 1976 by David DeLorme, who, being frustrated with obsolete back-country maps of the [[Moosehead Lake]] region of [[Maine]], vowed to create a better map of Maine. DeLorme combined state highway, county, and town maps as well as federal surveys to produce the ''Maine Atlas and Gazetteer'' which was printed in a large-format book with an initial printing of 10,000, which he marketed out of his car. ''The Gazetteer'', which listed [[bicycle trail]]s, canoeing and kayaking trips, and museum and historic sites, proved quite successful. The company expanded to 75 employees in 1986, working from a [[Quonset hut]] in [[Freeport, Maine]], producing maps for [[New England]] and upstate [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name="fundinguniverse.com">{{cite book |url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/DeLorme-Publishing-Company-Inc-Company-History.html |title = International Directory of Company Histories |volume = 53 |publisher = St. James Press |year = 2003 |via = Fundinguniverse.com |access-date = June 20, 2008 |archive-date = October 24, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081024032220/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/DeLorme-Publishing-Company-Inc-Company-History.html |url-status = live }}</ref> In 1987, the company produced a [[compact disc|CD]] with detailed topographic map data of the entire world.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 1991, DeLorme began vending ''Street Atlas USA'' on a single CD-ROM, becoming the most popular street-map CD in the United States, as well as one of the first mass consumer CD-ROM software products of any kind.<ref>{{cite news |first1 = Mark |last1 = Alpert |first2 = Alicia |last2 = Hills Moore |date = June 29, 1992 |title = CD-ROM: The Next PC Revolution CD-ROMs |url = https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/29/76592/index.htm |website = Fortune |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208132122/http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/29/76592/index.htm |archive-date = December 8, 2015 }}</ref> By 1995, DeLorme had 44 percent of the market share for CD maps. The same year the company partnered with the [[American Automobile Association]] (AAA) to produce the ''[[AAA Map 'n' Go]]'', the first mapping product to generate automatic routing.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} They also introduced the DeLorme GPS receiver to work with its maps.<ref name="fundinguniverse.com"/> In 1996, it introduced its maps into the [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]] environment via [[Palm (PDA)|Palm]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 1997, the company relocated to a new corporate campus in Yarmouth, Maine, that features a giant model of the world, named [[Eartha]], the largest rotating globe in the world. The company has provided complimentary geographic educational sessions for thousands of school children over the years and the public is welcome to visit and see Eartha from the three-story balconies.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 1999, DeLorme introduced ''3D TopoQuad'' DVD and CD products, which include digitized U.S. topographic maps.{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 2001, ''XMap'' professional [[Geographic information system|GIS]] map program was produced on CD, and an expanded ''XMap'' was released in 2002, modified to provide GPS functionality to [[Palm OS]] and [[Pocket PC]]. In 2004, DeLorme became the first company to sell a [[USB]] GPS device, the Earthmate GPS LT-20. At the same time, it began offering downloadable satellite and USGS 7.5-minute quads that could be overlaid on its maps using a new NetLink feature. Earlier models of Earthmate were among the first GPS receivers tethered to laptops.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} In 2006/2007, the firm introduced its first full-featured GPS standalone receiver, the Earthmate GPS PN-20. During 2008, the company continued expanding its handheld GPS line with the Earthmate GPS PN-40 model. DeLorme also began selling OEM GPS modules allowing other manufacturers to add GPS to their products. In addition, the company began selling data to businesses.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} In 2009, DeLorme released D.A.E. (Digital Atlas of the Earth). It is the first worldwide GPS accurate topographical map with a scale of 1 to 50,000. D.A.E. is the official world map for the US and Australian militaries. It is a virtual globe of the earth that is almost 1,000 feet in diameter.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
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