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Posted by timothy on Thursday October 14, 2010 @10:42PM from the hook-'em-horns-but-closer dept.

joshuadugie writes "Slashdot carried a story a while ago that Google had purchased drones for unknown purposes. Google Maps has now added new non-satellite imagery (at UT Austin, for example) when you zoom in close enough. Mystery solved!" I'd like to think that there really are (or were) drones over Austin, but would also like to see Google's explanation for the close-up images.

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You don't know if the new images are from drones, (Score:5, Insightful)

by apparently ( 756613 ) writes: on Thursday October 14, 2010 @10:48PM (#33904078)

yet you state that in your headline anyway?
Brilliant.

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