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Google wows geeks at conference: Mac map makers.(macbeat)(Brief article)

Macworld,  September, 2006  by Farivar, Cyrus

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In June, more than 700 cartographers, developers, and entrepreneurs flocked to San Jose for Where 2.0, a conference by publisher O'Reilly on "the future of mapping and local search." I spent a day at the conference checking out the latest technology and was pleased by the strong importance paid to the Mac.

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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] First, John Hanke, director of Google Earth and Google Maps, showed off the latest features in Google Earth (earth.google.com). At last year's conference, Google debuted the program and said that Mac users would have to wait to enjoy ...

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