They did it because they needed the guise of a "private company" in order to trick countries into letting them drive around cars (GOOGLE cars) and map everything on a street level. Satellites can only give you so much. You need street level mapping.
Not long after Google Earth we got Street View. Now 98% of the planet has been mapped by Google. They've even mapping the oceans and seabeds. That's a lot of intel.
Countries would never allow the CIA to map all their cities and rural areas, but they were fine if it's a "private" company there to make better maps for their citizens.
So they sold it to themselves.....?! 😂😂
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They did it because they needed the guise of a "private company" in order to trick countries into letting them drive around cars (GOOGLE cars) and map everything on a street level. Satellites can only give you so much. You need street level mapping.
Not long after Google Earth we got Street View. Now 98% of the planet has been mapped by Google. They've even mapping the oceans and seabeds. That's a lot of intel.
Countries would never allow the CIA to map all their cities and rural areas, but they were fine if it's a "private" company there to make better maps for their citizens.