Google Earth revolutionized mapping technology by offering the everyday user access to detailed satellite imagery for the entire globe. Additionally, Google created detailed street maps, that have ...

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Finally today, Google Earth is getting new historical (satellite and aerial) imagery, which spans up to 80 years, on web and mobile. Examples include: “…black-and-white photo of San Francisco ...

Meanwhile, the unknown factor in Google Maps’ future operations is Google’s own satellite company–California-based Skybox. Google acquired Skybox for $500 million earlier this summer.

Ball Aerospace is the maker of Maps- and Earth-related imagery satellites and it’s now started working on the Worldview-3 satellite for commercial satellite operator DigitalGlobe, BBC News reports.