Google announced Friday acquisition of ImageAmerica, a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery. ImageAmerica was the company behind Hurricane Katrina high resolution black and white imagery for Google earth and maps. ImageAmerica is expert in providing high resolution imagery at a low cost using its own aircraft and its own DDP-2 camera systems. That will be exciting to make a turn around the world and scan the whole planet.
We’re excited about how ImageAmerica’s technology will contribute to our mapping services down the road. Since we’re in the research and development phase right now it may be some time before you see any of this imagery in Google Maps or Earth
Via LatLongBlog.
