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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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Where 2's mapping technology began life as an application called Expedition. It was designed to be downloaded and installed, much like most of the software at the time. But Larry Page and Google were not interested in application software. “We like the web,” he is said to have told Lars Rasmussen, one of the Gordon’s fellow co-founders. And he set ...
The son of a dairy farmer turned policeman from Bellingen in northern NSW, 52-year-old Gordon is one of the odd men out at Google’s Sydney headquarters, a boomer among a phalanx of 20- and 30-somethings. Today, Gordon is the only one of the four still working at Google. Ma retired a few years ago and both Rasmussens left the company — Lars defectin...
Brothers Jens and Lars had been toying with the idea of building a better mapping experience when Lars flew across the Pacific to Australia in 2003 so that he could live with his Cuban-born then girlfriend who was not able to reside in the United States. Lars sought out Gordon who roped in one of his former colleagues, Stephen. With a small cash in...
- Google Maps is born. On Feb 8, 2005, Google Maps was first launched for desktop as a new solution to help people “get from point A to point B.” Today, Google Maps is used by more than 1 billion people all over the world every month.
- Introducing Google Earth. Just a few months later, Google Earth landed, bringing 3D views of the planet to desktops. Imaging technology has improved significantly since then, and now Google Earth features more than 36 million square miles of high-definition satellite images for digital explorers to journey through.
- Delivered to developers. It’s difficult to imagine a time when sites all over the web didn’t embed Google Maps into their pages—but it wasn’t until mid-2005 that the Google Maps API was announced.
- Google Trip Planner takes on Portland. In December 2005, Portland, Oregon became the first city to use Transit Trip Planner, helping commuters see public transit schedules and routes.
Feb 13, 2015 · Ten years is an awfully long time in tech but pioneer Google Maps has prevailed in the digital maps space, with over 1 billion monthly active users today. Even Apple chief executive Tim Cook ...
Feb 8, 2015 · Ten episodes from the dawning days of Google Maps. Ten years ago today, Google Maps launched to the world. When it was born, it was a paper atlas in living form, with no pages to turn. Instead of ...
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Apr 25, 2023 · Learn how Google Maps was born from the acquisition of a small Australian company in 2004 and how it transformed the way people interact with maps. Discover some of the most unusual ways people are using Google Maps today, from time travel to fitness motivation.
Jun 4, 2013 · Since 2005, Google has mapped 28 million miles of road in 194 countries. And it won't rest until the whole planet is on its servers. Tom Chivers reports on the mammoth operation and asks: is it ...
