Keyhole
The ultimate interface to the planet
Keyhole, Inc., a Google company, is the Internet 3-D Earth visualization pioneer and creator of the groundbreaking rich-mapping Keyhole solution that transforms the way users interact with geographic information and Earth imagery. Keyhole’s patent-pending EarthStream™ technology accelerates and enhances decisions for business and government by enabling fast, fluid interaction with multi-terabyte network-resident databases of Earth imagery and geospatial information. Users can “fly” from space to street level seamlessly while interactively exploring layers of information including roads, schools, businesses, and demographics.
Keyhole provides solutions to customers in dozens of industries including the real estate, AEC (architecture, engineering and construction), transportation, insurance, and government sectors.
Based in Mountain View, California, the company was founded in 2001 and has strategic partnerships with Intel, DigitalGlobe, and NVIDIA. In-Q-Tel initially invested in Keyhole in February, 2003. For more information about Keyhole, please visit www.earth.google.com.
Keyhole was acquired by Google in October, 2004. Google shares are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol GOOG.
Technology Focus Areas
- Application and Analysis Software
- Biological, Chemical, and Nanotechnology
- Communications and Infrastructure
- Digital Identity and Security
- Embedded Systems and Power
