Google Earth and Google Maps have their origins in a little Californian tech start-up called Keyhole. After making it through the dot-com bubble, the company found fame with CNN’s adoption of its EarthViewer program during the Iraq War.
After being acquired by Google in 2005, the Keyhole team continued to develop its mapping program, which led to Google Maps and Google Earth. These programs have changed the world, from the way we do business to how we combat natural disasters – and everything in between.