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I recently watched this show on netflix called "The Billion Dollar Code" that went into the details about maps beginnings and other companies claim to the idea.
by pests 3y ago
I recently watched this show on netflix called "The Billion Dollar Code" that went into the details about maps beginnings and other companies claim to the idea. It was pretty interesting.
- cpeterso 3y agoI can also recommend "Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality" (https://amzn.com/0062673041 https://amzn.com/0062673041) about the evolution of Google Earth, Maps, and Street View. 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 its mapping technology, but has some insider info about the political maneuverings between Google's Search and Geo teams over owning the map ads because everyone knew it would be a big deal.
- Tempest1981 3y agoThat link gave me "SORRY we couldn't find that page", but this worked: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062673041 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062673041
- aix1 3y agoThat was about Google Earth, not about Google Maps, right? (I don't know to what extent the tech stack is shared between the two.)
- pests 3y agoAh you're probably right! I know they are separate things but ever since that update ~10 years ago where they brought many Earth features into Maps the product merged into one for me.
- Tempest1981 3y agoThanks, I'm annoyed that Netflix never recommended this to me, even though I've watched many tech documentaries.
- jacobgorm 3y agoBrilliant show, though it is about Google Earth. Made me uninstall Google Earth from my phone though, the picture it paints of Google and their legal people is not pretty.