Definition#6
from "Google offers first looks at GeoEye-1 imagery"

1.GeoEye
GeoEye (Inc.) is a commercial satellite imagery company based in Dulles, Virginia that is the world's largest space imaging corporation.

2.GeoEye-1
GeoEye-1 is a high-resolution earth observation satellite owned by GeoEye, which was launched in September 2008.

3. API
An application programming interface (API) is a set of routines, data structures, object classes and/or protocols provided by libraries and/or operating system services in order to support the building of applications.[

4. Google Maps API
Google created the Google Maps API to allow developers to integrate Google Maps into their websites with their own data points. It is a free service, and currently does not contain ads, but Google states in their terms of use that they reserve the right to display ads in the future

5. Google Lat Long Blog Post
is news and notes by the Google Earth and Maps team