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By way of OgleEarth, Government Computer News has an interview done with Google Earth CTO, Michael Jones. This interview talks about some of the latest Google news such as Street View, Nasa partnership, GeoRSS and OGC KML. Doesn't go into fine detail, but worth the read.
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