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  2. Brian McClendon - Wikipedia

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    University of Kansas, Lawrence ( BS) Brian A McClendon (born 1964) is an American software executive, engineer, and inventor. [1] He was a co-founder and angel investor in Keyhole, Inc., a geospatial data visualization company that was purchased by Google in 2004 [2] [3] to produce Google Earth. Keyhole itself was spun off from another company ...

  3. Terravision (computer program) - Wikipedia

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    Terravision (computer program) Terravision is a 3D mapping software developed in 1993 by the German company ART+COM in Berlin as a "networked virtual representation of the Earth based on satellite images, aerial shots, altitude data and architectural data". [1] Development of the project was supported by the Deutsche Post (now Deutsche Telekom ).

  4. Wikipedia : Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2006 November 25

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    The Google Earth download itself is just playback software, receiving the actual image data from Google when you look at an area. The program also checks each time you're looking at that area to see if it should download a new version of the image data, so you do not need to worry about it.

  5. Chromebook - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .google .com /chromebook /. Chromebook (sometimes stylized in lowercase as chromebook) is a line of laptop and tablet computers that runs using ChromeOS, an operating system developed by Google . Chromebook runs Android, Linux, and Progressive web apps, as well as functioning offline. [1]

  6. SketchUp - Wikipedia

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    SketchUp is 3D modeling software that allows users to create and manipulate 3D models of buildings, landscapes, furniture, and other objects. It is commonly used in architecture and interior design . SketchUp is owned by Trimble Inc. The program is currently available as a web-based application, SketchUp Free, [4] and three paid subscriptions ...

  7. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth is a 2004 real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles for Microsoft Windows. The first part of the Middle-earth strategy game, It is based on Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, in turn based on J. R. R. Tolkien 's original novel.

  8. Google Santa Tracker - Wikipedia

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    Google Santa Tracker is an annual Christmas-themed entertainment website first launched in 2004 by Google that simulates [2] [3] the tracking of the legendary character [4] Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, [5] using predetermined location information. [2] It also allows users to play, watch, and learn through various Christmas-themed activities.

  9. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - Wikipedia

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    Two of the Jewish residents, husband and wife Moshe and Chona Ludlow, own a local theater with a dance hall and a grocery store (The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store). One of the town's Black residents (who works for the Ludlows), Nate Timblin, asks the Ludlows to hide a young Black boy who is deaf, named Dodo, from the authorities who are seeking ...