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Keyhole, Inc., founded in 2001, was a pioneering software development company specializing in geospatial data visualization applications and was acquired by Google in 2004. Initially launched as a spin-off of Intrinsic Graphics, first round funding came from a Sony venture capital fund and others, additional capital came from an NVIDIA bundling deal, from the CIA's venture capital arm In-Q-Tel,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Bloomberg Businessweek )〕 with the majority of In-Q-Tel' funds coming from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Oakland emails give another glimpse into the Google-Military-Surveillance Complex )〕 and from angel investor Brian McClendon (who later came on as a board member and VP). Keyhole's marquee application suite, Earth Viewer, emerged as the highly successful Google Earth application in 2005; other aspects of core technology survive in Google Maps, Google Mobile and the Keyhole Markup Language. The name "Keyhole" is also a homage to the KH reconnaissance satellites, the original eye-in-the-sky military reconnaissance system now some 50 years old. == Notable personnel == Near the time of its acquisition by Google, Keyhole's management team included the following people: * John Hanke, CEO – previously worked in "foreign affairs" in Washington DC, Myanmar & Indonesia. * Brian McClendon, VP Engineering – previously with @Home, SGI. * Daniel Lederman, Director of Business Development – previously with Aerzone, Inc. * Dave Lorenzini, Director of Content; previously at Space Imaging/Geoeye. * Bill Kilday, Director of Marketing – previously at Weelhouse Interactive, Cox Interactive. * Noah Doyle, Strategic Marketing – cofounded MyPoints, a startup acquired by United Online. * Andria Ruben, Director of Government Affairs – previously at Intrinsic Graphics, GigaPixel, CompCore. * Lenette Posada Howard, Director Software Delivery – previously at Andersen Consulting (presently Accenture), InsWeb The board also included: * Thomas Gewecke, Sony. * Michael T. Jones, CTO, Intrinsic Graphics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keyhole, Inc」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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