Google Acquires Keyhole Corp
 

this might of been posted already

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 27, 2004 - Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced it acquired Keyhole Corp., a Mountain View, Calif.-based digital mapping company.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"With Keyhole, you can fly like a superhero from your computer at home to a street corner somewhere else in the world - or find a local hospital, map a road trip or measure the distance between two points," said Jonathan Rosenberg, vice president, Product Management. "This acquisition gives Google users a powerful new search tool, enabling users to view 3D images of any place on earth as well as tap a rich database of roads, businesses and many other points of interest. Keyhole is a valuable addition to Google's efforts to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."

With an Internet connection, users enter an address or other location information and Keyhole's software accesses the database and takes them to a digital image of that location on their computer screen. The interactive software then gives users many options, including the ability to zoom in from space-level to street-level, tilt and rotate the view or search for other information such as hotels, parks, ATMs or subways. Unlike traditional mapping technologies, Keyhole creates a dynamic 3D interface for geographic information.

Keyhole's technology combines a multi-terabyte database of mapping information and images collected from satellites and airplanes with easy-to-use software.

Google also announced, effective immediately, a price reduction for Keyhole 2 LT from $69.95 to $29.95.



http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/keyhole.html

insane.

so is this just like a "world" webcam?

imagine the possibilities.........

FF

yep exactly

pretty fucking cool, download the 7 day free trial.

the images are amazing

I've been using the keyhole software for a year or so and I think its incredible. Its totally mind expanding to zoom into one of saddam's palaces, or buckingham palace. Come to think of it, I have a bit of a palace fetish. Regardless, great software, though their map of my neighborhood is 2 years old and has the mound of dirt my house was built on, but not the street or any concrete.... at least as of a month ago :(

ya thats something i noticed as well, the images of 3 out of 5 of the locations i've checked out were over 2 years old, wish it was real time, that'd be incredible.....in due time i guess ;-)

FF

Im actually checking it out now, pretty damn cool

yeah real time would be sweeet

Any new blunts? ;)

and their stock broke 185 today too...
almost double since the IPO.. :)

Google will rule the world.