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Re:The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful by Lammy on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:45PM (#28645607)
Not exactly: https://pando.com/2015/07/01/cia-foia-google-keyhole/

One of my favorite coincidences is how the mapping startup has the same name as NRO’s series of orbital surveillance platforms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KH-11_Kennen

This is also where the “K” in “KML” comes from (Keyhole Markup Language)

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Re:The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful by c0nsumer on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:56PM (#28646447)
Probably not a coincidence. The Keyhole name was in the public realm prior to this. (It'd been used within the intelligence community since the late 50s.)
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Re:The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful by Rebelgecko on Friday September 24, 2021 @03:46PM (#28646958)
I believe it was an intentional reference
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