Google has acquired ImageAmerica

Google has announced the acquisition of Clayton, Missouri based ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras for the assemblage of aerial imaging.

ImageAmerica has previously provided images for Google Maps and Earth, including high-resolution dark and light-colored imaging of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.

Stephen Chau, Project Manager of Google Maps and Earth said in an assertion that Google was excited “about how ImageAmerica’s engineering will add to [Google’s] mapping services down the route.”