I am writing this in Seattle as we prepare for the finals of the Amazon Start-Up Challenge. We are truly excited to be a part of this Challenge. It is an amazing opportunity to be recognized for our technology and business model.

I am in love with our technology and how easy it makes it for all players, large and small, to participate in a global mapping market based on the quality of their skills and geo-content. WeoGeo will make it easy for all of us in the geospatial field to do our jobs, while at the same time increase our operating margins and productivity.

A really exciting part of this Challenge is that our business model is also being recognized by an internet service company with a $39 billion market capitalization. Everyone in our field has seen the explosion of interest in geospatial over the last few years. One only has to look at the >200 million downloads of Google Earth, as well as the consolidation by Tele Atlas and NavTeq to know that our industry is moving mainstream. This is excellent new for all of us, for it will provide more resources and revenues for our field, which translates into better opportunities for us all.

Come see the videos of the finalists in this Challenge and vote for your favorite (preferably WeoGeo!). But make sure you see our video. I hope the passion for what we are trying to accomplish is evident. I also hope that you will find what we are attempting to accomplish as exciting as we do.

Big thanks to Adena Schutzberg at All Points Blog and James Fee at Spatially Adjusted for helping us rock the vote!