Last year Apple acquired Google Maps competitor Placebase. Its team became the core of an Apple “geo team.” Now Apple has acquired another mapping company, Quebec-based Poly 9. The company produces a 3D Google Earth-like mapping product that doesn’t require a software download or plug-in:
Here’s the feature set:
With this acquisition it seems inevitable that Apple will offer a competitor to Google Maps on iOS devices or replace them entirely with its own products.
July 14th, 2010 at 11:00 pm
[...] In the short term, and with Poly9 specifically, Apple is buying "its Google Earth," analyst Greg Sterling writes today. [...]
July 14th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
[...] In the short term, and with Poly9 specifically, Apple is buying "its Google Earth," analyst Greg Sterling writes today. [...]
July 15th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Not sure if it’s an antenna issue, but the site does not load.
July 15th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
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