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A Year of Google's Big Eye in the Sky

A little over a year ago, the GeoEye-1 was launched. This is a sattelite from the company Geo-Eye, which entered a deal with Google to provide it with imagery for Google Maps and Google Earth.

A Closer Look at Google Maps on the Google Phone

Google is giving those interested in the new Google Phone (the G1 from T-Mobile) a closer look at the different aspects of it on the Google Mobile Blog. Today Android Product Manager David Conway talks about the Google Maps capabilities on the device:

Hi-Res Google Maps Images On the Way

You may recall about a month and a half ago, it was announced that GeoEye would be launching a satellite with the highest resolution available on the market and would be lending its technology to Google Maps. Today, the first image was released from the GeoEye-1. "We are pleased to release the first GeoEye-1 image, bringing us even closer to the start of the satellite's commercial operations and sales to our customers," says GeoEye CEO Matthew O'Connell.

Google's Great Big GeoEye in the Sky

If the watchful eye of Google has been creeping you out with Street View, you're going to love this. Their satellite imagery is about to get a big boost in resolution courtesy of GeoEye.