Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aerials Express

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. —Xyrael / 16:18, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aerials Express

advert for NN corp. -Steve Sanbeg 00:20, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete A non-notable corperation. Tarret 01:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Fails WP:CORP --Xrblsnggt 02:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Leuko 03:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete First ref is is a PR release. 2nd link appears to be some sort of evidence that some county or small group of counties near or within Minneapolis-St. Paul were planning on purchasing imagry from this company. Most of the information I can find is all the product of their press releases, which isn't very comforting. They talk about google earth, but it looks like they've made a plugin to use their images rather than the default ones. No multiple verifiable and reliable sources, and it reads too much like a piece of PR work. Kevin_b_er 03:27, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I think all the references on county web sites to purchasing imaging data from this company confirm most of the sattements in the article and add up to verifiable and reliable information. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 05:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete tiny NN company - Blood red sandman 13:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I am the one who placed this article. Win or lose here, this whole review process is really impressive. I'd really like to make this work as an acceptable article, so your input would be valued. I'm finishing up a graduate degree so I understand the significance of referencing and actually what you said is very true apparently, much of the content on the internet about us has actually originated from us! Aerials Express may appear as an NN but it quietly provides the basis for many cartographic and Geographic Information Systems in both the private and government sectors. Foundations aren't always highly visible or necessarily sexy. For instance, we provided the USGS with extensive aerial imagery for New York incase the recent Atlantic hurricane (now headed towards Iceland) actually hits the Eastern Seaboard. High profile no, significant sure. Aerials Express is important in terms cultural and technological innovation. Whether its ViewGL for Google Earth or providing the aerial imagery for Yahoo maps, people are integrating (our)aerial photography into their subconsious and daily practices. Just a few years ago, these same systems only provided vector data maps but now with advances in data storage and bandwidth, viewing aerial photo is now an option. Aerials Express not only provides a foundation but it also represents a cultural shift of how we view the world. With this in mind, I'd appreciate some feedback on how I could keep Aerials Express an article while respecting the principles of Wikipedia. Thank you. Aerialscaper — Aerialscaper (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• KEEP - Company appears to be one of two companies that regularly takes aerial photography of all US cities (the other being AirPhotoUSA). PR notes sale to USGS of aerial photography of US coastline for 2006 hurricane season. According to Directions Magazine company is also a source of imagery for Yahoo Maps. - Mappers123 18:09:29, 25 August 2006 (UTC)— Mapper123 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Comment. In light of the interest in Aerials Express. it would be nice if someone could put together an article on AirPhotoUSA http://www.airphotousa.com/ . the other big aerial mapping company. TruthbringerToronto (Talk | contribs) 21:00, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Appears to be a small company. The work they are in is interesting, useful, and notable. That does not make the companies involved in the business notable, absent some other form of notability. Wikipedia is not a business directory, and we need to be leery of business who naturally enough want to get listed here. Herostratus 22:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.