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Google Maps was acquired from another company though. I wonder how much of the UX was there already before the port to the browser.
by crabmusket 4y ago
Google Maps was acquired from another company though. I wonder how much of the UX was there already before the port to the browser.
- cpeterso 4y agoFor the history of Google Maps, Earth, and Street View, check out "Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality". Written by one of the founders of Keyhole (the company that built what became Google Earth), the book is mostly about the founding of Keyhole and gathering map data from many sources, but also talks about Google's acquisition of Where 2 Technologies (the company that built what became Google Maps).