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Present-day Google Maps was initially funded by the CIA through one of their (I suppose many) investment vehicles. I’m on mobile and I’m too lazy to search for
by paganel 5y ago
Present-day Google Maps was initially funded by the CIA through one of their (I suppose many) investment vehicles. I’m on mobile and I’m too lazy to search for links but that information is easily searchable.
- polytely 5y agoIf I remember correctly, Google Earth originally came from In-Q-Tel which is the investment arm of the CIA.
- dredmorbius 5y ago"Keyhole". Same as the codename for the CIA's Earth-oriented remote-sensing satellites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(satellite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(satellite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Earth