再也不迷路
Never lost again
Bill Kilday · 初版 2018 年
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为什么值得读
- 揭秘四名工程师十六个月造出地图的故事
- 作者亲历从Keyhole到谷歌收购全过程
- 详述现代电子地图技术的早期发展史
《Never Lost Again》记录了地图技术的演进历程——一场“历时二十年的‘一夜成名’”。Bill Kilday 带我们走进这项技术开发的幕后，介绍了不仅创造了 Google Maps 和 Google Earth、最近还带来了 Pokémon GO 的开发团队。他带我们回到最初的起点 Keyhole——一家由德克萨斯州小镇青年 John Hanke 创办、资金匮乏的地图初创公司，在科技泡沫破裂时险些倒闭。虽然中央情报局（CIA）的一笔合同让他们勉强维持运转，但该公司的重大转机出现在第一次伊拉克战争期间；CNN 采用了该公司的……
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关于谷歌地图早期岁月以及最初打造它的Keyhole公司，有一本好书叫比尔·基尔代（Bill Kilday）写的《永不迷航》（Never Lost Again）。作者是Keyhole的联合创始人之一[1]，在公司被谷歌收购后留了下来。[1]严格来说这说法可能不准确，但他几乎是从第一天起就在那里工作……
A good book about the early days of Google maps and the Keyhole company that originally built it is "Never Lost Again" by Bill Kilday. The author was one of the founders[1] of Keyhole and stayed on when the company was bought by google. [1] This might technically be wrong, but he was working for them from almost day…
我刚读完比尔·基尔代的《永不迷航》。太不可思议了，四名工程师竟然在16个月内做出了具有开创性意义的Google Maps。过去算法/数学题在发掘像这四位工程师这样的人才时真的很管用。当时……
I just finished reading Bill Kilday's Never Lost Again. It was amazing that four engineers produced the ground-breaking Google Maps in 16 months. Algorithm/Math questions used to be really effective at finding engineerings like those four engineers. There…
想要了解更多类似故事，我强烈推荐比尔·基尔代的《永不迷航》（Never Lost Again）：https://www.powells.com/book/never-lost-again-the-google-map... 基尔代曾是Keyhole的产品经理（PM）兼营销经理，这家初创公司的产品被收购后改名为了Google Earth。……
For more stories like this, I highly recommend "Never Lost Again" by Bill Kilday: https://www.powells.com/book/never-lost-again-the-google-map... Kilday was a PM and marketing manager at Keyhole, the startup whose product was renamed Google Earth after being acquired.…
如果你对地图技术，尤其是Google Maps（Keyhole）的历史感兴趣，不妨看看比尔·基尔代的书《永不迷航：点燃全新产业并增强我们现实的谷歌地图革命》（Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality）。基尔代是Keyhole的创始人之一，这家初创公司被谷歌收购后变成了Google Earth。https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062673041
If you're interested in mapping technology and the history of Google Maps (Keyhole) in particular, check out Bill Kilday's book "Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality". Kilday was a founder at Keyhole, the startup acquired by Google to become Google Earth. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062673041
去年出的那本《永不迷航》非常详实地记录了Keyhole/Google Earth/Google Maps的故事。（https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0062673041/）
Last years book "Never Lost Again" is a good account of the Keyhole/Google Earth/Google Maps story. (https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0062673041/)
对地图技术感兴趣的朋友，不妨看看《永不迷航：点燃全新产业并增强我们现实的谷歌地图革命》（Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality）这本书。作者是Keyhole的联合创始人之一，这家曾获CIA（In-Q-Tel）投资的公司打造了后来演变为……的核心技术。
For anyone interested in mapping technology, check out the book "Never Lost Again: The Google Mapping Revolution That Sparked New Industries and Augmented Our Reality". Written by one of the founders of Keyhole, the CIA-funded (In-Q-Tel) company that created the technology that became…