Apple is confirmed as the buyer of the company C3 Technologies

It seems that earlier this year, an unknown company made ​​with the Swedish C3 Technologies, a company dedicated to creating 3-dimensional maps.

Now, Apple has confirmed that the company was bought, so it's a giant step to stop having "Google-dependency" with Google Maps.

C3 Technologies, unlike other mapping systems that have some 3D landmarks, is a technology that can automatically generate all the map in 3 dimensions, either a mountain, a tree or a building, so the result is spectacular , as shown in this video:

The explanation of the system used can be seen in this new video, in which we see as images are captured via aerial vehicles such as airplanes or helicopters:

Hopefully Apple, as it has done with Siri, use this acquisition to create your own application. Perhaps in a future IOS 6 see it integrated into the system ...

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