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Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
History of Google. Google was officially launched in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to market Google Search, which has become the most used web-based search engine. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, students at Stanford University in California, developed a search algorithm first (1996) known as "BackRub", with the help of Scott Hassan and Alan ...
The Principality of Sealand ( / ˈsiːˌlænd /) is a micronation on HM Fort Roughs (also known as Roughs Tower), [1] an offshore platform in the North Sea approximately twelve kilometres ( nautical miles) off the coast of Suffolk, England. [2] Roughs Tower is a Maunsell Sea Fort that was built by the British in international waters during ...
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Gishwati Forest is a forest in the north-western part of Rwanda, not far from Lake Kivu.It is part of Gishwati–Mukura National Park.The area's forests were largely intact in 1978, and substantial forest cover still remained in 1986.
Part of the 1977–78 North American winter. The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978. It is often cited as one of the most severe blizzards in US history. [1]
Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination. [1]
Aspen Movie Map. The Aspen Movie Map was a hypermedia system developed at MIT that enabled the user to take a virtual tour through the city of Aspen, Colorado. It was developed by a team working with Andrew Lippman in 1978 with funding from ARPA .