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- Outfitted with its own drop shadow, the small, red bubble with a pointed end not only tells us where we want to be, but what exists in the world around us. That pin was designed by Jens Rasmussen, a senior software engineer at Google, who co-founded a mapping start-up that was later purchased by Google in 2004.
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Apr 18, 2011 · That pin was designed by Jens Rasmussen, a senior software engineer at Google, who co-founded a mapping start-up that was later purchased by Google in 2004. When Google bought his company,...
Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen designed the Google Maps pin prior to the launch of Google Maps in 2005. He wanted the pin to accurately mark a point on a map without obscuring the location. The main body of the pin is circular at the top, but tapers into a point at the bottom, forming an inverted teardrop shape.
Rasmussen designed the Google Maps pin while he was employed by Google. The pin is a simple pointer with a bubble top which tapers to a narrow point with a drop shadow. A Google spokesperson told the New York Times that Rasmussen avoided using a star or dot on the map, because they would obscure too much of the map.
Feb 10, 2015 · Google Maps began life as a thought bubble expressed as a series of random scribbles on a whiteboard. The annotations — shown below — were scrawled in 2004 by Australian software engineer Noel...
Feb 8, 2015 · Jens Rasmussen, who is acknowledged as the idea guy in the duo, came up with the idea of the Google Maps pin, rather than Yahoo Maps’ red star.
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Google Maps first started as a C++ program designed by two Danish brothers, Lars and Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, and Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma, at the Sydney-based company Where 2 Technologies, which was founded in early 2003.
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