google maps

By souha

  • Initial Idea

    Early 2003 the Rasmussen brothers co-founded a mapping related startup which they named expedition.

  • Google Buys the Technology

    Google found out about the technologies and the rasmussen brothers led the team that launched the application in 2005 and bought the technology for a billion dollars.

  • The Application Going Live

    Google Maps went live in 2005. Today, there are more than 1 billion monthly active users of Google Maps, and you can access listings for more than 150 million businesses and places in more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.