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Keyhole

Digital mapping start-up (2001–2004) backed by In-Q-Tel; its EarthViewer became Google Earth.

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Dates
2001 – Oct 2004
Also known as
Keyhole Corp., Keyhole, Inc.

Keyhole was founded in 2001 and made EarthViewer 3D, which let users fly over satellite imagery. In-Q-Tel invested in February 2003 on behalf of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, which used the software for US troops in Iraq. Google bought Keyhole in October 2004.

Connections 3

investors

  • In-Q-Tel Feb 2003 strategic investment on behalf of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency Primary record 12

acquired by

developed

  • Google Earth EarthViewer 3D, the basis of Google Earth Primary record 2
Timeline 3 dates
  1. 2001 – Oct 2004 Keyhole
  2. Feb 2003 In-Q-Tel invested in Keyhole
  3. 27 Oct 2004 Google acquired Keyhole
Proof 3 sources
  1. In-Q-Tel Announces Strategic Investment in Keyhole, In-Q-Tel, 25 Jun 2003. Primary record
    The investment, made in February 2003, was In-Q-Tel's first engagement with a company on behalf of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA).
  2. Important CIA Contributions to Modern Technology Over the Last 75 Years, Central Intelligence Agency. Primary record
    In February 2003, the CIA-funded venture-capital firm In-Q-Tel made a strategic investment in Keyhole, Inc., a pioneer of interactive 3-D earth visualization and creator of the groundbreaking rich-mapping EarthViewer 3D system.
    The popularity of this technology eventually caught the attention of Google, which acquired Keyhole in 2004.
    The popularity of this technology eventually caught the attention of Google, which acquired Keyhole in 2004. You know this technology today as Google Earth.
  3. Google Acquires Keyhole Corporation, Google, 27 Oct 2004. Primary record
    Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced it acquired Keyhole Corp., a Mountain View, Calif.-based digital mapping company.
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