The acquisition is part of Google's move to improve mapping and other services that use geospatial data.
"We have agreed to acquire Skybox Imaging, and we hope to welcome them to Google," said a statement from the internet giant. "Satellite they will help keep the map Our accurate with the latest image.
Over time, we also hope that the team and Skybox technology will help improve Internet access and disaster relief - the areas that I have long been interested. " Skybox said in a "blog post" that the purpose of the company The five-year-old was "to revolutionize access to information about the changes that occur throughout the surface of the earth."
"We have built and launched high-resolution satellite imagery smallest in the world, who collect beautiful images and useful as well as a video that every day ... Time the right to join a company that can challenge us to think bigger and bolder, and who can support us in accelerating our ambitious vision.
" The news comes two months after Google announced a deal to buy Titan Aerospace, maker of unmanned aircraft (drones) solar powered can be used to improve internet access to remote areas. Google also is working on Loon Project, which uses a balloon to the internet signal transmission to the area that is now not connected.
Source : Republika
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