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§01从按地点搜索到 Where 2

Google 地图的起点不是一个成熟的地图产品,而是 Google 内部几乎没有用户的按地点搜索功能。2003 年,Bret Taylor 与 Larry Page、Megan Smith 重新审视这一功能,发现 MapQuest 和 Yahoo! Maps 已经占据市场,而 Google 需要更具交互性的地图。澳大利亚的 Where 2 Technologies 由 Lars 和 Jens Rasmussen、Noel Gordon、Stephen Ma 组成,他们用图块、动态加载和可缩放平移的地图,把地图从打印路线的静态页面变成了可交互的平台。团队最初构想的是桌面软件 Expedition,但在 Google 表示偏爱 Web 后,他们用三周把产品搬到浏览器中。红杉资本虽然因 Yahoo! Maps 的竞争而退出投资,却促成了 Where 2 与 Google 的联系。

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