Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Google to use 'spy drones' for street mapping?

Internet search engine giant Google has plans to use "spy drones" similar to the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) used in military operations for surveillance and bombing to prepare more accurate maps of streets across the globe. Sven Juerss, the chief executive of Microdrones GmbH, a German firm which builds UAVs, has said that his company has already supplied Google with one aircraft and expects to provide "dozens" more in the future, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.

"The UAVs are well suited to provide more timely recording of the map service Google Earth," Juerss told German business magazine Wirtschaft Woche. More...

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