DeepLocal assists clients in developing innovative trans-media solutions to the problems associated with the collection, management, analysis, and publication of information. By drawing on the company's rich history in the research and the Arts, DeepLocal has developed a process that involves clients and audience deeply in the design and development cycles. Our clients have included Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Kennywood Entertainment, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Bike Pittsburgh, and TheMotherhood.com.
Our services to clients include print cartography, online mapping, visual design, interaction design, web site and service development, IT consulting, CMS implementation, mobile marketing, product strategy, and early stage product development.
In addition to our software services, we develop products that assist in information communication, informed heavily by our client experience. Our products include Maphub, a web-based geographic-intelligence platform that offers organizations the ability to share, collect and visualize geographic data, and the DeepLocal place/event platform, which enables Email, Voice and SMS (text message) mobile interaction with geographic information.
DeepLocal spun off from Carnegie Mellon University in Fall 2006 after over three years of research into local and collaborative information collection, storage, and visualization. The company's founders worked together as part of an internationally exhibited media arts group prior to their roles as researchers and later as entrepreneurs.
Our ODI (Observe, Design, Implement) process is predicated on the notion that a system is more than just it's technical process but is limited or enhanced by it's user engagement process. To this end, we work with end user's to understand difficulties, desires and expectations for the operation of software and hardware systems. Based on these observations we are able to build a set of functional guidelines that we refer to during the design process. Our assumptions are then tested against real world users during user testing sessions and final adjustments are made to optimize the design solution.
- Pop City July 2008 Pop Star: Nathan Martin
- MediaWeek May 2008 Post-Gazette.com Finalist for Best Classified News Website
- Pittsburgh TEQ May 2008 Non-Traditional Business Leaders Find Success in Pittsburgh
- Tribune Review Cover Oct 2007 Gumband Guys Stretch Cartography's Limits
- KDKA TV Oct 2007 Spot on Pittsburgh Bike Map Launch
- TechCrunch Oct 2007 Gigapan on Techcrunch
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 2007 Bike Map Makes Commuting Safer
- Tribune Review Oct 2007 Bike Bike Pittsburgh puts out new map for two-wheelers
- Pittsburgh TEQ Jun 2007 DeepLocal provides high-tech mapping tools
- Pop City Magazine May 2007 DeepLocal quietly expands, hiring all-star staff
- Pop City Magazine Mar 2007 No place like Pittsburgh for Tech Startups
- CMU Tartan Apr 2007 Mapping Pittsburgh
- CNET Mar 2007 DeepLocal named alongside Google and Amazon for Maphub platform
- American Venture Magazine Feb 2007 DeepLocal awarded national prize of 40 under 40
- City of Pittsburgh City Council Feb 2007 Pittsburgh proclaims DeepLocal Day
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Feb 2007 Human resource experts say workers could benefit more from art ...
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Feb 2007 Pittsburgh networking no problem for young entrepreneurs
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan 2007 Gigapan feature story
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Apr 2006 Appalachian Trail hiker provides web updates
- Pop City Magazine Mar 2006 Bicyclists say Location, Location, Location
- Pittsburgh City Paper Cover Feb 2006 Maphub featured as the cover story in the Pittsburgh City Paper
- GeoWorld Magazine May 2005 Maphub featured in GeoWorld
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Feb 2005 Map of City to features sounds



