In the beginning, Google Earth and Maps were extremely different.

Google Maps was launched in February of 2005, and has stayed popular and relevant due to its continued collaboration with the public, every-day-people collaboration, not just New programming ability, AJAX, which allowed you to put pins in the map on the wall, 'geolocation'. Using Expedition' as the backbone, the team added traffic analysis and geospatial layers, turning it into theĪpplication we are familiar with today. What made this application so different was the use of a Great, but what about the internet, which is what Google's Larry Page wanted when negotiating for the prototype. Google acquired the company in October, 2004. Software that can be downloaded for use is Designed by brothers, Lars and Jens Rasmussen, 'Expedition' was mapping software. It all started back more than 11 years ago at 'Where 2 Technologies' with a C++ program. The Google map cars provide 360° views where you could be immortalized on the 'street view' until an update goes User data from smart phones, crowd sourced traffic information and the imagery from planes & cars. We've all seen the familiar images of our cars, friends or family, on Google Maps images, maybe even held a crazy pose while the Google car drove by.

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