Another Google First

Google can now take it's own pictures from space.

clipped from gizmodo.com Google Military-Controlled Satellite Reaches Orbit, We Don't Feel Lucky Of course, there's nothing new here until you notice the huge Google logo on the rocket, signaling the fact that Sergei and Larry own the exclusive rights to the GeoEye-1 images. Yes, no other company will be able to access this information, only Google. And they will be there, available for the public in Google Maps and Google Earth.