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Re:The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful by slyall on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:41PM (#28649003)
A good book about the early days of Google maps and the Keyhole company that originally built it is "Never Lost Again" by Bill Kilday.

The author was one of the founders[1] of Keyhole and stayed on when the company was bought by google.

[1] This might technically be wrong, but he was working for them from almost day one.

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Re:The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful by psyc on Friday September 24, 2021 @07:57PM (#28649104)
Keyhole became Google Earth. Google Maps came from Where 2 Technologies, acquired at about the same time.
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Re:The predecessor to Google Earth was clumsy, yet powerful by slyall on Saturday September 25, 2021 @11:10PM (#28658103)
OOps. Thats what I get for not reading carefully. Still recommend the book though
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