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I thought Google Maps was done by the Brothers behind Wave (at least the main two people behind it, same as the lead at FF was the main guy when it came to gmai

I thought Google Maps was done by the Brothers behind Wave (at least the main two people behind it, same as the lead at FF was the main guy when it came to gmail).

nostrademons 17y ago
It's both. The Rasmussen brothers founded a small desktop-app startup, akin to what became Google Earth, which was later bought by Google. Meanwhile, Bret Taylor was the PM for Google Local (and I think Jim Norris was involved with this too). Google Maps happened when the Local team met the Earth team and started talking about what they could do to get all this cool satellite imagery with desktop-like interaction into a browser. Also, arguably Bret and Jim were the leads at FriendFeed, since they came up with the original idea. AFAIK, they approach PB and Sanjeev as investors, and the latter figured that not only would they invest, but they'd sign on as cofounders.