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Google Earth

Virtual globe software launched by Google in 2005, based on Keyhole's EarthViewer.

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Dates
2005 –

Google Earth grew out of EarthViewer 3D by Keyhole, a start-up backed by the CIA’s venture firm In-Q-Tel and bought by Google in 2004. The CIA lists it among its contributions to modern technology.

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developed by

  • Keyhole EarthViewer 3D, the basis of Google Earth Primary record 1

launched by

  • Google 2005 Scholarship & press 2
Timeline 2 dates
  1. 2005 – Google Earth
  2. 2005 Google launched Google Earth
Proof 2 sources
  1. Important CIA Contributions to Modern Technology Over the Last 75 Years, Central Intelligence Agency. Primary record
    The popularity of this technology eventually caught the attention of Google, which acquired Keyhole in 2004. You know this technology today as Google Earth.
  2. Meet the CIA-backed venture fund behind Palantir, Anduril, and a spy tool that might be on your phone, Fortune, 29 Jul 2025. Scholarship & press
    Two years and one acquisition later, a new, commercial version of the product launched. The new owner called it Google Earth.
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