From c|net's News Blog and other blogs we learn that Google has acquired an aerial imagery company -- ImageAmerica. Could that mean that in the future the State of New Jersey will license aerial imagery from Google as opposed to the other way 'round? Currently Google Maps and Google Earth displays aerial (not satellite) imagery licensed from the State of New Jersey.

"Google has acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras and uses them to take aerial photographs.<...>

<...>'We're excited about how ImageAmerica's technology will contribute to our mapping services down the road," Product Manager Stephen Chau said on the blog. "Since we're in the research and development phase right now it may be some time before you see any of this imagery in Google Maps or Earth.<...>'"