Truly Democratic Mapping

As Rich Gibson, co-author of the excellent O’Reilly Mapping Hacks book puts it: “Doesn’t the President have access to something a tad more exclusive than Google Maps?”

“One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see that. I forgot the name of the program, but you get the satellite and you can — like, I kind of like to look at the ranch on Google, reminds me of where I want to be sometimes.”

Full CNBC video and discussion over here.