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= Soar = Soar is a decentralised global Super-map of the world built on blockchain technology. Soar will be the platform for the future of all maps and imagery. The Super-map will include access to all mapping systems including daily satellite imagery feeds, through to high resolution aerial sensors from planes and drone (or UAV) content collected by the greater community. All connected using blockchain technology to connect and share dynamic mapping data. Finally, Soar will create the world’s first mapping ‘app store’ which will encourage experts to upload specific image analysis algorithms to help further process data relating to niche applications such as farming, mining, urban planning, security and even media and news

History
Amir Farhand - founder and CEO started the foundations for Soar technology through software development company Takor in 2012, combined with their flagship product Mappt.

The strength of the Soar platform comes from almost a decade of development driven by the core objective to democratise geospatial technology to any potential user. During this period, the development team behind the Soar platform have launched several highly successful commercial mapping applications, Mappt being the flagship software, that have empowered tens of thousands of users from over 80 countries in the collection, visualisation, and analysis of geospatial data.

In 2017, the technology behind Soar successfully passed the military onboarding process and was introduced into a closed application platform that was available only to US military personnel. During this time, working alongside the US Military, the original technology application was enhanced through a combination of game-design, social media work-flows, industrial psychology and some additional classified technologies. This technology of course also required the ability to enable all types of mapping imagery and content to be made available to the user. This included drone, aerial, satellite, thermal and multispectral imagery; all accessible via multiple inputs, offline and without storage limitations.

As of August 2017, the technology behind Soar was made available to commercial and civilian applications. This technology has now been adapted to become not only the platform for the Soar marketplace but also the foundation for the end-state which is a global Super-map protocol.

Soar Technology
The team behind Soar developed the quadtree mapping system that is one of the first of its kind. This mapping system is able to reach a much greater level of detail to support the imaging resolutions that mapping systems like satellites, aerial systems, and drones are capable of. The Soar platform is also completely interoperable, meaning it can be deployed in multiple applications and uses.

The Soar platform uses the SkyMap token (SKYM), an ERC20 compatible token which allows customers to utilise the platform and rewards content creators. The SKYM token differentiates itself from a pure payment cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin: SKYM is not simply used as the method to a payment exchanged in return for a services but also allows certain interactions with the Soar platform, described later, that are not available to anyone not holding SKYM tokens. The price in SKYM for a piece of content for a given location within Soar is affected by the supply and demand for that content at a particular time.