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3D Mapping Company C3 Technologies Acquired by... Someone
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Most of the time when giant companies buy other smaller companies, it's not because they need that technology, it's because they want it in their pockets and are not willing to let their competitor have it. Most of these technology end up in a locker room for the next 50 years.
Recent example: BumpTop acquired by Google and completely disappeared. It was a fantastic project, Google got it before their competitors had it only to be locked away and most likely never used.
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Clearly it's Apple. What other company buys another company, issues no press release, whose executives make no public comments about their acquisitions & simply make the company disappear ? Plus they bought the company outright, including Saab's investment, most likely cash so it doesn't have to be reported
Apple
Cheers !
Clearly it's Apple. What other company buys another company, issues no press release, whose executives make no public comments about their acquisitions & simply make the company disappear ? Plus they bought the company outright, including Saab's investment, most likely cash so it doesn't have to be reported
Apple
Cheers !
Be honest, we all owe Google a lot.
Google earth is a jaw dropping and immense task to achieve, as is street view, sending cars out all around the globe (where they are allowed) to capture images that anyone on the world can enjoy from the PC or Mac.
It's a stunning achievement and something that we'd never have dreamed was even practical to be done a few years ago.
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No, Google doesn't care about keeping things secret. I doubt they would go to such extremes...
troop231 said:Or maybe Google bought them instead of Apple?
No, Google doesn't care about keeping things secret. I doubt they would go to such extremes...
For me, yes.
I use the satellite view almost exclusively, along with street view. It gives me a real world preview of where I'm going so I've 'already seen it' before I get there. Helps a lot.
These are both really cool! Fun to look around with.
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And just a response to the thread:
I personally don't want 3D textured images while I'm driving. I personally prefer a simple view like on my Garmin, or Google Navigation on my phone.
I wish I had an app using this technology for my summer travels. Look forward to the future if apple has gotten a hold of this content!! Google should take note and act quickly.
Nokia's 3D maps look a lot better, its pretty obviously a different platform when you look side-by-side. I would say more likely that it's NOT Microsoft given their new partnership with Nokia. My bet would be Google, then Other then Apple in that order.
Funnily enough I've been trying to get C3 to sell the company I work for 3d mapping for weather graphics....
Looks like that wont be happening too soon now
Looks like that wont be happening too soon now
News? This isn't a news site, it's a rumors site. This story is perfectly appropriate considering it speculates that Apple could be a potential buyer.
"We have promised not to say who the buyer is. But there are no Chinese or other Asian companies. It is a company in the Western world..."
That's a sinophobic sentence.
Reminds me of what's illegal but common decades ago: "Hey neighbor, we are selling our house, but don't worry, we won't sell it to colored people"
That's a sinophobic sentence.
Reminds me of what's illegal but common decades ago: "Hey neighbor, we are selling our house, but don't worry, we won't sell it to colored people"
i'm guessing that was some kind of an attempted joke. very funny. this is just due to the machine translation involved. the proper translation would be
"But it is not a Chinese or (otherwise) Asian company."
i know people have already posted some other examples of c3's tech in use, but anyway. here's the swedish maps/yellow pages site hitta.se's implementation (requires a java applet installation): http://www.hitta.se/LargeMap.aspx?var=turning+torso
just click on "3D". they've been using this for well over 2 years now, and personally, i'm not all that impressed. sure, it looks fine from afar, but zoom in a bit, and it's a tad disturbing. looks more like someone covered the city in cling film and asked monet to paint it.
just click on "3D". they've been using this for well over 2 years now, and personally, i'm not all that impressed. sure, it looks fine from afar, but zoom in a bit, and it's a tad disturbing. looks more like someone covered the city in cling film and asked monet to paint it.
Fixed that for you...
You know that TomTom and Navigon are major players in the navigation field that could also very much like to use those 3D-maps. Google for their headquarters, if you like...
Though Garmin could also be interested
Absolutely, I've never heard of Nokia and/or Sony Ericsson.
Ja, visst!
After living in Stockholm for a while; I'd chalk it up to Swedish humor.
Even though it was only $157+million US this acqujisition would be considered a material fact and would have to be disclosed to shareholders via a press release immediately (assuming the acquirer was a public company). Adds a bit more intrigue to the deal...
Is that the same company that powers Ovi Maps, that's related to Nokia? I love the 3D, but it's not working today, so I'm guessing they're related.
http://maps.nokia.com/3D/
http://maps.nokia.com/3D/
