Google Maps has adopted several features that made Waze popular, while Waze has borrowed ideas from Google's mapping expertise and broader ecosystem. Quiz 8 Questions · Test Your Knowledge Google Maps and its historyTrivia challenge From humble startup to world navigator — how well do you know the story behind Google Maps? The founders, Lars and Jens Rasmussen, went on to lead the Google Maps team and later co-founded Google Wave. You might have been thinking of Keyhole Inc., which Google also acquired around the same time — but Keyhole's tech became Google Earth, not Google Maps. A Google Terrain B Google Earth View C Street View D Live View Spot on!