Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging Tech

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Pete Cashmore
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Google Acquires Image America for Aerial Imaging Tech

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Google's acquisition spree continued today with the announcement that they've purchased Image America, a company that builds "high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery".

The Clayton, MO-based company provided high resolution black and white imagery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and supplied imagery to Google Maps and Google Earth. They're in the R&D stage, and it may be some time before the acquisition bears much fruit, Google cautioned.

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