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Never lost againBill Kilday

Never lost again

2018347 pages
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"Never Lost Again chronicles the evolution of mapping technology--the "overnight success twenty years in the making." Bill Kilday takes us behind the scenes of the tech's development, and introduces to the team that gave us not only Google Maps but Google Earth, and most recently, Pokémon GO. He takes us back to the beginning to Keyhole--a cash-strapped startup mapping company started by a small-town Texas boy named John Hanke, that nearly folded when the tech bubble burst. While a contract with the CIA kept them afloat, the company's big break came with the first invasion of Iraq; CNN used…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2018
    HarperBusiness · 347 pages · 9780062673046
  • Other · English · 2018
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780062673053
MapsInternet in cartographyDigital mappingGoogle MapsSocial aspectsComputer network resourcesGeographic information systemsBUSINESS & ECONOMICS