Founder of a listed tool

Laura Dangermond

Co-founder, Esri, named behind the ArcGIS Location Platform listing on Anchor Terminal.

Co-founder, Esri

Laura Dangermond co-founded Esri with Jack Dangermond in 1969, first as a land use consulting firm. Esri makes ArcGIS and remains privately held by its founders.

What Laura builds

  • ArcGIS Location Platform B · Maps, geocoding & places

    Esri's pay-as-you-go location services for developers. REST APIs cover geocoding, reverse and batch geocoding, place search, routing, basemap tiles, static maps, elevation and demographic enrichment, with an Esri-hosted MCP server in beta.

    Co-founder, Esri, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is Laura Dangermond?

Laura Dangermond co-founded Esri with Jack Dangermond in 1969, first as a land use consulting firm. Esri makes ArcGIS and remains privately held by its founders.

What does Esri make?

Anchor Terminal lists ArcGIS Location Platform from Esri. Esri's pay-as-you-go location services for developers. REST APIs cover geocoding, reverse and batch geocoding, place search, routing, basemap tiles, static maps, elevation and demographic enrichment, with an Esri-hosted MCP server in beta.

How are Laura's tools graded?

ArcGIS Location Platform is graded B, 65.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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