GlobalVision

GlobalVision (Mapping) Limited was a British map-making and digital mapping company based in London, active from 1992 until 2014. The business is chiefly associated with the LondonTown.com brand, a London-focused mapping and visitor-information service that combined cartography with listings for hotels, restaurants, attractions and events. Its website, londontown.com, served as the public face of the company and was used by travellers and London residents to explore the city through maps and destination content. GlobalVision operated in the specialised field of city mapping, where accurate cartography is paired with commercial and tourism information. Rather than competing purely as a general-purpose map publisher, the company positioned its LondonTown product as a practical planning tool for visitors, integrating maps with practical travel content. This placed it alongside other London-centric media and mapping ventures of the 1990s and 2000s, a period when printed city maps and early web mapping coexisted and increasingly overlapped. The company's name also circulated in Japanese as グローバルビジョン, reflecting a presence or recognition in the Japanese market, where London travel information was in demand. Its operating reach therefore extended beyond the United Kingdom to include Japan-oriented audiences and partners. GlobalVision ceased operations in 2014, after roughly two decades of activity. Its legacy is tied to the LondonTown.com mapping and visitor-information brand, which for years provided a cartographic gateway to London for tourists and locals alike. The company is recorded in public knowledge bases under the legal name Global Vision (Mapping) Limited, with the active period 1992–2014.

GlobalVision (Mapping) Limited was established in 1992 as a London map-making company. It built its identity around the production of city maps and, in particular, around the LondonTown.com brand, which presented London through maps combined with visitor-oriented listings and information. The company's website, londontown.com, became its principal public platform, serving travellers planning trips to London and residents navigating the city. Through the 1990s and 2000s, the mapping sector shifted from predominantly printed products toward digital and online services. GlobalVision's LondonTown offering sat at the intersection of these worlds, using cartography as the foundation for a broader destination-information service. The company's name was also rendered in Japanese as グローバルビジョン, indicating that its London mapping and information products reached or were recognised by a Japanese audience, a market with strong interest in London travel. GlobalVision continued to operate under the Global Vision (Mapping) Limited name until 2014, when the business came to an end. Its active period is recorded as 1992–2014. The LondonTown.com brand remains the most identifiable legacy of the company, remembered as a London mapping and visitor-information service of the pre-smartphone and early digital era.

• 2014

  Company ceased operations, ending an active period of 1992–2014.

• 1992

  GlobalVision (Mapping) Limited founded as a London map-making company.

London-focused mapping and visitor-information brand combining cartography with travel and city listings.

• LondonTown.com

  London mapping and visitor-information website and brand.

• 2026.08.27

  Reported2026.08.27

  Global Vision acquires former Alpha Bank headquarters in Bucharest[2]Global Vision收购前Alpha Bank总部大楼thediplomat.ro

  Global Vision acquired two office properties at 237 Calea Dorobanți in Bucharest, the former Alpha Bank headquarters, in a share-deal transaction with Colliers representing the Irish investor sellers.

• Unconfirmed

  Reported2021.05.11

  Globalworth acquires two industrial projects in Romania[3]Globalworth收购罗马尼亚两个工业项目thediplomat.ro

  Globalworth Industrial acquired the IPW Arad and IPW Oradea industrial projects, totaling 27,000 square meters, in transactions valued at almost 18 million euros.

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1. 1Global Vision (Mapping) Limited — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Global Vision收购前Alpha Bank总部大楼thediplomat.ro
3. 3Globalworth收购罗马尼亚两个工业项目thediplomat.ro