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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Thursday September 10, 2020 @01:50AM (#24429273)
Correction: Keyhole became Google Earth. (Fun fact: the K in KML is Keyhole.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth#History

Google Maps stems from an Australian company called Where2, which AFAIK was not funded by spooks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps#Acquisitions

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Re:Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s boar... by cpeterso on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:17AM (#24429766)
More history about Google's mapping products is available in Bill Kilday's book "Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality". Kilday was a founder at Keyhole, the startup acquired by Google to become Google Earth.
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