Co-creator of Google Earth to speak at noon

Co-creater of Google Earth and University of Kansas graduate, Brian McClendon, is scheduled to give a lecture noon today at the Apollo Room in Nichols Hall to speak about the hardware and software he used to create Google’s geo products.

McClendon, vice president of engineering for Google, earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University in 1986. He began work at Google in 2004 and was a leading engineer for projects such as Google Maps, Street View and Local Search.

 

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