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Very ambitious. Will be interesting to see how it pans out. Interestingly, Google acquired Terra Bella in 2014. Even though the domain says google.com, is this
by trequartista 11y ago
Very ambitious. Will be interesting to see how it pans out.
Interestingly, Google acquired Terra Bella in 2014. Even though the domain says google.com, is this an Alphabet subsidiary or part of Google itself?
- eunoia 11y agoI'm also curious about this. Isn't this exactly the kind of project Alphabet was created to wrap? i.e. something not related to Google's core business but still under the corporate umbrella?
- tzakrajs 11y agoTerra Bella is under Geo, which is where Maps resides. Seems like a pretty good fit to me, given that satellite imagery is presented in Maps. Why do you think Terra Bella should be in Alphabet?
- eunoia 11y agoThat makes perfect sense actually. I was erroneously thinking of Terra Bella as a standalone project instead of as an extension to one of Google's core products.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoMy guess is it would be, but hasn't been formally spun out yet?
- tzakrajs 11y agoSkybox rebranded to Terra Bella on Mar 8th 2016. They were acquired and placed in the Geo organization (Maps) so they aren't just floating about as a one-off: http://spacenews.com/googles-skybox-imaging-has-new-name-business-model/ http://spacenews.com/googles-skybox-imaging-has-new-name-bus...
- nostrademons 11y agoIt's funny, they're named after the street that their office is on. Which is where their office was the whole time, but the new name is actually a better fit for what they do than the old one was.