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ImageAmerica Aviation, Inc.

U.S. Geological Survey, and the Lucas County office that covers Toledo, Ohio. For satellite imaging, the company charges US$99 per 1 square mile (2.6 km2), compared to other companies which could charge from $500 to $700 and for a lower quality than what ImageAmerica offers.[9] It also developed its own DDP-2 (Direct Digital Panoramic) camera system. The system is housed in an aircraft. It has the ability to capture details as small as 6 inches (150 mm) to 12 inches (300 mm). ImageAmerica's patented[7] processing system has the ability to produce orthorectified imagery corrected for perspective distortions.[5] The company's technology also uses sensors which are based on a unique design from Sarnoff Research Labs in Princeton, New Jersey.[9]

The company was founded in 1998 (26 years ago) (1998) and is based in the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Clayton, Missouri, United States.[9][10] ImageAmerica builds high resolution cameras for aerial photographs.[2] The company provided high resolution black and white images of New Orleans following the events of Hurricane Katrina.[11] The company's products provide images for Google Maps and Google Earth.[3]

When the company was acquired by Google, the acquisition price was not disclosed. After the acquisition, the project manager of Google Maps and Earth said in a statement that Google was excited "about how ImageAmerica’s technology will contribute to [Google's] mapping services down the road."

GrandCentral, and Postini.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Imageamerica Aviation, Inc". OpenCorporates. 2000-01-24. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. ^ a b "Imaging America". Google LatLong Blog. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  3. ^ a b c Riley, Duncan (2007-07-21). "Google Acquires ImageAmerica". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  4. ^ a b Lenssen, Philipp (2007-07-21). "Google Acquires ImageAmerica". Google Blogoscoped. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  5. ^ a b c d Shankland, Stephen (2007-07-21). "Google acquires ImageAmerica to boost mapping". CNET. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  6. ^ Linder, Brad (2007-07-22). "Latest Google acquisition: ImageAmerica". Download Squad. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  7. ^ a b Taylor, Frank (2007-07-20). "Google Acquires ImageAmerica". Google Earth Blog. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  8. ^ "Google Acquires Aerial Photographer ImageAmerica". Marketing Vox. 2007-07-23. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  9. ^ a b c Desloge, Rick (2000-09-29). "ImageAmerica maps future of aerial photo business". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  10. ^ "Google Acquires ImageAmerica". Directions Mag. 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
  11. ^ Metz, Cade (2007-07-24). "Google nabs aerial camera company". The Register. Retrieved 2008-10-15.

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