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Niantic
Niantic may refer to: * Niantic people, tribe of American Indians * Niantic, Inc., mobile app developer known for the mobile games ''Ingress'' and ''Pokémon Go'' * Niantic Correctional Institution, now known as York Correctional Institution Ships * ''Niantic'' (whaling vessel), relic of San Francisco Gold Rush *USS ''Niantic Victory'', Victory ship later renamed USNS ''Watertown'' *USS ''Niantic'', US aircraft carrier later renamed HMS ''Ranee'' Places * Niantic, Connecticut ** Niantic River * Niantic, Illinois {{disambig, geo, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niantic (company)
Niantic, Inc. ( ) is an American software development company based in San Francisco. Niantic is best known for developing the augmented reality mobile games '' Ingress'' and '' Pokémon Go''. The company was formed as Niantic Labs in 2010 as an internal startup within Google. The company became an independent entity in October 2015 when Google restructured under Alphabet Inc. Niantic has additional offices in Bellevue, Los Angeles, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Lawrence, Tokyo, London, Hamburg, and Zürich. History Founding John Hanke worked at Keyhole in 2001, a software development company specializing in geospatial data visualization applications. Hanke was hired by Google in 2004 as part of Google's acquisition of Keyhole. Hanke led Google's Geo division, which was Google Maps, Google Earth, and Google Street View. The move to the Geo division included Keyhole employees such as Brian McClendon and Bill Kilday. Hanke left the Geo division in October 2010 to form Niantic La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niantic People
The Niantic ( ; Nehântick or Nehantucket) are a tribe of Algonquian-speaking American Indians who lived in the area of Connecticut and Rhode Island during the early colonial period. The tribe's name ''Nehântick'' means "of long-necked waters"; area residents believe that this refers to the "long neck" or peninsula of land known as Black Point, located in the village of Niantic, Connecticut. The Niantic people were divided into eastern and western groups due to intrusions by the more numerous and powerful Pequots. The Western Niantics were subject to the Pequots and lived just east of the mouth of the Connecticut River, while the Eastern Niantics became very close allies to the Narragansetts. It is likely that the name Nantucket is derived from the tribe's endonym, Nehantucket. The division of the Niantics became so great that the language of the eastern Niantics is classified as a dialect of Narragansett, while the language of the western Niantics is classified as Mohega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niantic (whaling Vessel)
''Niantic'' was a whaleship that brought fortune-seekers to Yerba Buena, California, Yerba Buena (later renamed San Francisco) during the California Gold Rush of 1849. Run aground and converted into a storeship and hotel, she was a prominent landmark in the booming city for several years. The site of ''Niantic'' beside the Transamerica Pyramid is now a California Historical Landmark. Artifacts excavated in 1978 and the ship's log from her last voyage are on display in the San Francisco Maritime Museum. Early years The ''Niantic'' was built in 1832 in Connecticut; it was originally intended for trade with China. The owners in 1840 appear to have been N. L. and G. Griswold of New York (state), New York. In 1840, the ''Niantic'' sailed, with Captain Doty in command (Captain Robert Bennett Forbes acting), with tea and silk from Port of Guangzhou, Canton to an unstated destination (perhaps New York) via Anjer (Anyer), Indonesia, just missing a blockade by the British in Canton as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niantic, Connecticut
Niantic ( ) is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,114 at the 2010 census. It is located on Long Island Sound, the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant in nearby Waterford is visible on the bay's eastern horizon line, and Rocky Neck State Park is also located in the area. Niantic was once famous for its Niantic River scallops, but the scallop population has been in decline for a number of years. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2), of which 1.5 square miles (3.8 km2) is land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km2), or 58.64%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 3,085 people, 1,404 households, and 835 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,756 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.63% White, 0.49% African Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNS Watertown
USNS ''Watertown'' (T-AGM-6) was a ''Watertown''-class missile range instrumentation ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1960 and converted from her SS ''Niantic Victory'' Victory ship cargo configuration to a missile tracking ship, a role she retained for eleven years before being placed out of service in 1971. Victory ship constructed in Oregon ''Niantic Victory'' was laid down on 12 February 1944 at Portland, Oregon, by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation under a U.S. Maritime Commission contract (MCV hull 100); launched on 25 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Marvin Owen; and delivered to the Maritime Commission on 18 May 1944. She was built in just 96 days under the Emergency Shipbuilding program by the War Shipping Administration. Maritime service World War II From 1944 until 1957, ''Niantic Victory'' was operated for the U.S. Maritime Commission by a succession of contractor firms. Her first operator was the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company for service durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
York Correctional Institution
Janet S. York Correctional Institution is Connecticut's only state prison for women, located in Niantic. The facility opened in its current form in October, 1994, and houses a maximum of 1500 at a range of security levels from minimum to super maximum. The site was first founded in 1918 as the Connecticut State Farm and Reformatory for Women. As of 1930, the facility had expanded, and was renamed the Niantic Correctional Institution. It composes of a minimum side and maximum side. Average age of women is 35. History Founding Throughout the 1800s in Connecticut, women who committed crimes were imprisoned at the same prisons as men-- Old Newgate Prison in Granby and the State Prison in Wethersfield—and kept separate from the male prisoners. In 1911, the Connecticut Prison Association proposed creating a commission to study establishing a reformatory for women, an effort that was supported by suffragists and members of the Daughters of the American Revolution. It was not un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Ranee
USS ''Niantic'' (CVE-46) was a US escort carrier, that served in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Ranee'' (D03). ''Niantic'', originally given the designation AVG-46, was redesignated as ACV-46 on 20 August 1942. The ship's keel was laid down by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation at their yard in Tacoma, Washington on 5 January 1943. The vessel was launched on 2 June, sponsored by Mrs. Ray V. Blanco. She was redesignated again to CVE-46 on 15 July that year and transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease on 8 November, when she was commissioned into the Royal Navy. As one of the 38 converted C3 escort carriers transferred to the United Kingdom, ''Ranee'' joined the merchant aircraft carriers guarding the Atlantic convoy routes. Assigned to the Western Approaches, her aircraft helped to turn the tables on foraging U-boats in the North Atlantic and also assisted in operations to close their northern transit into the Atlantic and track them down in the Bay of Biscay. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niantic River
The Niantic River is a mainly tidal river in eastern Connecticut. It is crossed by the Niantic River Bridge carrying Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. It separates the towns of East Lyme and Waterford Waterford ( ) is a City status in Ireland, city in County Waterford in the South-East Region, Ireland, south-east of Ireland. It is located within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster. The city is situated at the head of Waterford H .... The river is long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 The distance from the end of Banning Cove to the Niantic River Bridge is approximately 3.4 miles. Crossings See also * List of rivers of Connecticut References Rivers of New London County, Connecticut Connecticut placenames of Native American origin East Lyme, Connecticut Estuaries of Connecticut Waterford, Connecticut Rivers of Connecticut {{Connecticut-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
