{"id":724,"date":"2008-06-21T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2008-06-21T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2009-03-06T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T14:48:04","slug":"google-maps-interview-with-carter-malsan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/21\/google-maps-interview-with-carter-malsan\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps: Interview with Carter Maslan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of last week, after the <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/13\/google-map-local-business-center-update-new-interface-features\/\">upgrade<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/20\/maps-getting-squared-away-bit-by-bit\/\">bug fixes<\/a> to the LBC were mostly finished, Carter Maslan, Product Manager for Google Maps, took time to speak with me about the upgrade. 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