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How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything - The Atlantic

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An exclusive look inside Ground Truth, the secretive program to build the world's best accurate maps by Alexis Madrigal.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-google-builds-its-maps-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-well-everything/261913/

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Google Geospatial Announcements from Google I/O 2013: Should GIS Users Care?

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