Might Google be using these to photograph where its Street View cars aren capable of going?
Google uses satellite images for Google Earth and it uses manned cars with camera to make Street View Maps images. The search giant is now believed to be testing ‘spy drones’ as part of its information gathering effort. German maker of spy aircraft Microdrones GmbH said that it has sold one of the remote control flying drones to Google, and it hopes to sell dozens more in the future. “The UAVs are well suited to provide more timely recording of the map service Google Earth,” said Microdrones chief exec Sven Juerss, according to the Register. The machine sold to Google is a battery-powered md4-1000 quadcopter that can stay airborne for an hour, capturing pictures during that time. Google isn’t the first to use the unmanned aircraft. In fact, it’s rather late to the party compared to the military and even police forces around the world. Merseyside Police in the UK have been using these £40,000 machines for a couple years now and earlier on this year it managed to use one of them to catch
