14-217, US District Court for the District of Delaware (Wilmington). If you love exploring, Google Earth takes you where you want. The case is Art+Com Innovationpool GmbH v. Imagery updates for 4th October, 2014 Larger. The German firm accused Google of making a lowball offer.Ī reasonable company in Google’s position in the summer of 2006 would have engaged Art+COM on acceptable terms of sale, the company said. Thank you to GEB readers Andr, Martin and Maarten for letting us know that Google did an imagery update on 4th October, 2014. Google Earth, Google Earth Pro and Google Earth Enterprise incorporate Art+Com’s technology, according to the complaint.Īrt+Com executives had discussions with Google officials about selling the patent in 2006, the company said.
It provides an environment to organize and access information spatially. Terravision is a networked virtual representation of the earth based on satellite images, aerial shots and altitude and architectural data, Art+Com said in the complaint. Conservationists in Kenya have used the application to combat elephant poachers by outfitting the animals with collars equipped with global-positioning chips.ĭavid Krane, a spokesman for Mountain View, California- based Google, didn’t immediately return a call and e-mail seeking comment on the suit.Īrt+Com said it owns a patent on space-imaging technology that provides the basis for its Terravision system, according to the complaint. Google Earth’s space-based images help users track weather data, for example.
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