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Back around 1997 or so I saw the first Map Tile example hosted on an Origin 200. Basically just Google Earth minus the landmarks or directions, but at the time it was mind blowing to start way out in orbit and be able to zoom in on any spot on Earth. The machine was next to a 19" rack with multiple large RAID arrays feeding the machine, and when you panned around you could see all of the lights on the front of the rack blink in unison.

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