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BWard · #1 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

Does anyone know what happened to Pepperwhite? (Pepperwhite Street Map OCX / ActiveX geocoder and mapping component for Visual Basic Delphi VC++ and ASP)

They just seemed to drop off the map about a year ago.

Eric Frost · #2 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

Did you try their phone number and e-mails?

I remember people saying that pre-sales support was spotty.. but that they would get back to customers. I got the impression it might have been one guy and he was overwhelmed.

Eric

BWard · #3 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

Yes. We did regular business with them for several years, but around June of last year all the phone msg and email message boxes filled up. Their last map data CD update was in 2005. It's too bad, they had a few shortcomings but it was extremely fast and versatile.

Eric Frost · #4 (**permalink**) 1 Week Ago

Does the whois information for the pepperwhite.com domain help?

WHOIS domain registration information results for pepperwhite.com from Network Solutions

Administrative Contact :
Sammartino, Tony
tony@pepperwhite.com
PO BOX 1084
MEDFORD, NJ 08055-6084
US
Phone: 800-825-8630
Fax: 609-714-8585

Technical Contact :
User, Remove
bob@void.com
1-51-1 Hatsudai Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, Tokyo 34471
JP
Phone: +81 3-5358-3601
Fax: 999 999 9999

Maybe you can find out who owns the company and offer to buy the assets..

Eric