<s>
Terravision	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	B-Algorithm
mapping	I-Algorithm
software	B-Application
developed	O
in	O
1993	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
ART+COM	O
in	O
Berlin	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
networked	O
virtual	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
Earth	O
based	O
on	O
satellite	O
images	O
,	O
aerial	O
shots	O
,	O
altitude	O
data	O
and	O
architectural	O
data	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
ART+COM	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
claiming	O
its	O
2001	O
product	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
infringed	O
the	O
1995	O
patent	O
rights	O
of	O
Terravision	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
lost	O
in	O
May	O
2016	O
as	O
the	O
jury	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
District	O
of	O
Delaware	O
found	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Terravision	B-Application
is	O
a	O
networked	O
virtual	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
earth	O
based	O
on	O
satellite	O
images	O
,	O
aerial	O
shots	O
,	O
altitude	O
data	O
and	O
architectural	O
data	O
collected	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Terravision	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
system	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
seamless	O
web	O
navigation	O
and	O
visualization	O
of	O
the	O
earth	O
in	O
a	O
massively	O
large	O
spatial	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
environment	O
,	O
Joachim	O
Sauter	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terravision	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
starting	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
originally	O
as	O
an	O
art	O
project	O
by	O
ART+COM	O
in	O
Berlin	O
,	O
a	O
collective	O
of	O
artists	O
and	O
computer	O
hackers	O
,	O
some	O
from	O
the	O
Chaos	O
Computer	O
Club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
image	O
of	O
the	O
earth	O
in	O
space	O
on	O
a	O
five-foot	O
television	O
screen	O
could	O
be	O
spun	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
trackball	B-Device
beside	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mark	O
Pesce	O
,	O
COM	O
's	O
two	O
main	O
programmers	O
Pavel	O
Meyer	O
and	O
Axel	O
Schmidt	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
fix	O
the	O
software	B-Application
program	I-Application
which	O
they	O
had	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
Berlin	O
on	O
a	O
different	O
machine	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
10	O
minutes	O
prior	O
to	O
opening	O
of	O
the	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2006	O
,	O
Art+Com	O
emailed	O
Google	B-Application
about	O
Terravision	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
Michael	O
Jones	O
visited	O
to	O
discuss	O
licensing	O
and	O
Michelle	O
Lee	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
Google	B-Application
lawyer	O
,	O
showed	O
interest	O
in	O
the	O
patent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
Art+Com	O
did	O
not	O
accept	O
the	O
offer	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2010	O
reissued	O
its	O
patent	O
,	O
asking	O
Google	B-Application
to	O
get	O
a	O
license	O
under	O
their	O
patent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
this	O
did	O
not	O
occur	O
,	O
Art+Com	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2014	O
for	O
patent	O
infringement	O
,	O
seeking	O
US$100	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
jury	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
District	O
Court	O
for	O
the	O
District	O
of	O
Delaware	O
found	O
that	O
a	O
Stanford	O
Research	O
Institute	O
(	O
SRI	O
)	O
geographical	O
visualization	O
system	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
SRI	O
TerraVision	B-Application
"	O
was	O
used	O
earlier	O
than	O
Terravision	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terravision	B-Application
and	O
its	O
creators	O
feature	O
in	O
the	O
2021	O
German	O
miniseries	O
The	O
Billion	O
Dollar	O
Code	O
made	O
by	O
Netflix	O
which	O
recounts	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
in	O
a	O
fictionalized	O
account	O
and	O
ends	O
with	O
the	O
2014	O
patent	O
infringement	O
lawsuit	O
they	O
brought	O
against	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
shown	O
on	O
Netflix	O
is	O
prefaced	O
by	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
interviews	O
with	O
the	O
ART+COM	O
developers	O
of	O
Terravision	B-Application
and	O
their	O
legal	O
representative	O
.	O
</s>
