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Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D globe based on satellite imagery, aerial photography, and GIS data. Users can explore the Earth, add their own data, view photos, Street View, and more, but also face privacy and security issues.
Learn about the history, features, and implementation of Google Street View, a technology that provides interactive panoramas from many streets in the world. Google Street View is available as a component of Google Maps and Google Earth, as a web application, and as a mobile application for Android and iOS.
Brian McClendon is an American software executive, engineer, and inventor. He co-founded Keyhole, which became Google Earth, and later worked at Uber and Niantic.
Learn about the history and features of Google Street View, a technology that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. See the timeline of introductions and the countries with public street view available.
Learn how Google Street View has faced criticism and legal challenges for violating privacy and anonymity of people and places. Find out how Google responds to these issues and how they vary across different regions and countries.
Terravision is a networked virtual representation of the Earth based on satellite images, aerial shots, altitude data and architectural data, developed by ART+COM in 1993. It was the first system to provide a seamless web navigation and visualization of the earth, but lost a patent infringement lawsuit against Google Earth in 2017.
The computer power to fully analyze it was provided by Moore and Google Earth Engine. For the release of Google Earth Engine in 2010, Moore, Hansen, and CONAFOR the Mexican government agency, processed 53,000 images in 15,000 computer hours to create the highest resolution forest and water map of Mexico ever.
Google Maps offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° views, traffic conditions, and route planning for various modes of transportation. It was launched in 2005 by Google, after acquiring several companies that developed the technology and data behind it.