June 2006
Rome Revives Pagan Past with Solstice Festival by Sylvia Poggioli
October 2004
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 27, 2004 - Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) today announced it acquired Keyhole Corp., a Mountain View, Calif.-based digital mapping company.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"With Keyhole, you can fly like a superhero from your computer at home to a street corner somewhere else in the world - or find a local hospital, map a road trip or measure the distance between two points," said Jonathan Rosenberg, vice president, Product Management. "This acquisition gives Google users a powerful new search tool, enabling users to view 3D images of any place on earth as well as tap a rich database of roads, businesses and many other points of interest. Keyhole is a valuable addition to Google's efforts to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
With an Internet connection, users enter an address or other location information and Keyhole's software accesses the database and takes them to a digital image of that location on their computer screen. The interactive software then gives users many options, including the ability to zoom in from space-level to street-level, tilt and rotate the view or search for other information such as hotels, parks, ATMs or subways. Unlike traditional mapping technologies, Keyhole creates a dynamic 3D interface for geographic information.
Keyhole's technology combines a multi-terabyte database of mapping information and images collected from satellites and airplanes with easy-to-use software.
2004
The Beall Center for Art and Technology commissions A.M. Hoch (a.k.a. Amy Hotch) to create a site specific installation to launch their season. Mitosis: Formation of daughter Cells features the voices of Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg, and Adrea Schell, and explores the theater of memory as defined by A.M. Hoch.
July 2003
KEYHOLE CORPORATION - EarthViewer products, most notably known as the visual imagery for CNN for global mapping (in particular during the war with Iraq) has inked a lighter deal with E! Television. Earthviewer will be used for E!'s, "It's good to be? a program about the lives of celebrities.
Artists are also using EarthViewer worldwide in installation pieces, games and online presentations. BvNW Group client Zaccho Dance Theatre uses EarthViewer for its "Picture" series, using the mapping technology as a projection on huge grain silos in which the company members then "fly" into utilizing aerial techniques.
COMMONWEALTH CLUB - artAngels, BvNW Group, and the Commonwealth Club of California present a Panel Discussion:
"Renaissance or Recession?
San Francisco Arts in the Post-Boom Economy"
Wednesday, July 16th
6:30pm (pre-reception starts at 5:45)
The Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor
The panel will bring together a diverse group of representatives from the San Francisco arts community to discuss the impact of the post-boom economy on the arts and cultural infrastructure within San Francisco.
Panelists:
Brent Assink, Executive Director, San Francisco Symphony
Christine Kristin (aka Ladybee), Art Curator, Burningman
Sean San Jose, Co-Founder, Campo Santo Theater
Ethan Watters, Co-Founder, The Grotto
Brenda Way, Artistic Director, ODC
Moderated by:
John Killacky, The San Francisco Foundation
Media Advisory from Commonwealth Club
Renaissance or Recession Press Release
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