# Laura Dangermond (slim)

> Laura Dangermond is co-founder of Esri. ArcGIS Location Platform on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Esri.

Laura Dangermond co-founded Esri with Jack Dangermond in 1969, first as a land use consulting firm.

## What Laura builds

- [ArcGIS Location Platform](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/arcgis.md), graded B, 65.4/100, in 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 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Jack Dangermond](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jack-dangermond/), Co-founder and president, Esri

## Questions

### Who is Laura Dangermond?

Laura Dangermond co-founded Esri with Jack Dangermond in 1969, first as a land use consulting firm.

### What does Esri make?

Anchor Terminal lists ArcGIS Location Platform from Esri.

### 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.

## Sources

- https://location.arcgis.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esri
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dangermond

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