Google is in the Ground, on the Roads and Floating through the Skies and Now it's Looking Beyond, by Agreeing to the Half-Billion Dollar Cash Purchase of a Company that Says it's "built and launched the world's smallest high-resolution imaging satellite, which collects beautiful and useful images and video every day". Skybox Imaging (already Signed Up as a Virgin Galactic Customer) Says, it Started with a Goal of Tracking Changes Happening across the Surface of the Earth, while Recent Rumors from The Information Suggest Tech Giants like Google and Facebook are in a Space Race as they Try to Connect the World to the Internet and their Various Services. The Satellite Company's Tech Can Immediately Assist Google Maps / Earth but, Google Says, it could Have Other Purposes too, like Acting as a Relay to Spread Wireless Internet to Places currently Without Service or Where Connections Have been Knocked Out by Disasters.
Info Sources:
http://www.skyboximaging.com/blog/skybox-imaging-google
http://investor.google.com/releases/2014/0609.html
The Deal Isn't Quite Done and Must Pass Regulatory Approval but, for a Peek at What Skybox's Satellites Can do, Check Out a Few of their YouTube Videos Embedded After the Break:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrB1t8MncY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzDCwWNiGw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKNAY5ELUZY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW1-ZWencvA
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