Google's 'next dimension' of Maps event
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:25:18 PMBut, obviously, the YT promo video is up. Thanks for the heads-up there, Google.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:27:55 PMAlright folks, here we go.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:28:33 PMFalse alarm, it was just a "shut off your cell phones" public service announcement.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:28:55 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:29:06 PMEvent should be starting soon, they say.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:31:02 PMHmmm, so some are saying that video link isn't working for them. Worked for us.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:31:10 PMThere are no car displays visible. I'm bummed but not surprised. See my wishful thinking at cnet.co
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:31:32 PMLovely video now playing
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:31:38 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:31:54 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:31:58 PMWhat we're getting today is mostly likely to be news about new 3D-ification of Google Maps and some cool new toys for Android users.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:32:16 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:32:27 PMNot much for Apple-heads, obviously.
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jaymar.cabebe 6/6/2012 4:32:44 PM3D is fun and all, but I'm hoping for something more...
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:32:44 PM"Welcome to the next dimension" they say. Rod Serling not present.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:32:47 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:33:01 PMBrian McClendon, in charge of Google Geo, now up
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:33:04 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:33:17 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:33:26 PMHistory lesson time.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:33:30 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:33:53 PMBrian came from SGI, building graphics supercomputers.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:33:59 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:34:17 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:34:28 PMTalking about "Space to Face" of zoomable satellite imagery that zoomed into aerial views and terrain data. Looks like Google Earth. Ran on a supercomputer.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:34:31 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:34:38 PMThen they started porting in, in 1998, to PCs.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:34:54 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:34:56 PMITLL HPN was his license plate
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:35:17 PMIn 2001, Keyhole (man I love that company) was founded. That's what Google bought to make Earth
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:35:18 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:35:23 PMloved, not love
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:35:34 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:35:47 PMWhen Iraq was invaded in 2003, CNN started to rely on Keyhole and it was off to the races.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:35:51 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:36:26 PMIn 2004, Sergei was showing Keyhole to the Google board. 24 hours later, Google offered to buy Keyhole. Offered scale and investment, Brian says.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:36:56 PMLarry pushed group to "buy it all" - all the satellite and other data.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:37:08 PMIn first few weeks at Google, Earth was one-half the bandwidth of Google.
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:37:17 PMMeanwhile, Google Maps was being built in the company.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:37:26 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:37:54 PMMaps was first big AJAX product. Whole world was pre-rendered. Big thing was the single search box for location.
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:38:07 PM
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:38:19 PM
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Rafe 6/6/2012 4:38:26 PMThree principles of maps: Comprehensiveness, Accuracy, Usability
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Josh Lowensohn 6/6/2012 4:38:45 PM