July 25 news today, Google announced the acquisition of ImageAmerica, an aerial photography company.The latter have their own routes and high-tech cameras, which also marks the search giant to strengthen maps, Google Earth and Map image quality of service determination.
It theregister reports, "We are very pleased to join ImageAmerica their Google Maps service will bring huge improvements." Google Earth and Maps product manager Stephen week, said the company's blog, but after that he gaveenthusiastic users poured cold water: "We're still taking into account the development stage, so ImageAmerica to join will not be huge in the short term reform." In fact, in the year the amount of New Orleans Hurricane Katrina sweptAfter that ImageAmerica Google Earth mapping service to provide aerial photographs.ImageAmerica company's Web site now has been Google closed, the company reported models using the Beech Starship aircraft and DDP-2 photographic equipment, application of the system in the high-flying ImageAmerica under the premise of your photos narrowed it down to within 6 inches.
In fact, Hurricane Katrina in the captured image the most telling, though entirely black and white type, but the user can find the picture quality is significantly better than non-HD picture, which is Earth and Maps services currently used in the standard.But now, after Google refused to purchase the equipment for comment.Just a few days before the acquisition of the ImageAmerica, Hawkeye Gizmodo reader has just been applied to Google StreetView service, provides users with a full 360-degree image services, through the service user can select from any point of view their own streetscene.