<p>Sven Juerss, the chief executive of Microdrones GmbH, a German firm which builds UAVs, has said that his company has already supplied Google with one aircraft and expects to provide "dozens" more in the future, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.<br /><br />"The UAVs are well suited to provide more timely recording of the map service Google Earth," Juerss told German business magazine Wirtschaft Woche.<br /><br />Microdrones sells its UAVs to Merseyside Police, and it is rumoured to have previously sold them to British special forces as well, technology website, The Register, said.<br /><br />The UAV, known as a "hicam microdrone", is less than 1 metre wide and weighs less than a kg. It has four battery-powered rotors and can stay in the air for more than an hour. It navigates itself automatically and can take high-quality photographs of large areas beneath it.<br /><br />The Register said the drones would most likely be used for cheap aerial photography.<br />Google's existing Street View camera, which gather images of the streets while installed on a car, evoked controversy worldwide as various photographs were claimed to invade people's privacy.<br /></p>
<p>Sven Juerss, the chief executive of Microdrones GmbH, a German firm which builds UAVs, has said that his company has already supplied Google with one aircraft and expects to provide "dozens" more in the future, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.<br /><br />"The UAVs are well suited to provide more timely recording of the map service Google Earth," Juerss told German business magazine Wirtschaft Woche.<br /><br />Microdrones sells its UAVs to Merseyside Police, and it is rumoured to have previously sold them to British special forces as well, technology website, The Register, said.<br /><br />The UAV, known as a "hicam microdrone", is less than 1 metre wide and weighs less than a kg. It has four battery-powered rotors and can stay in the air for more than an hour. It navigates itself automatically and can take high-quality photographs of large areas beneath it.<br /><br />The Register said the drones would most likely be used for cheap aerial photography.<br />Google's existing Street View camera, which gather images of the streets while installed on a car, evoked controversy worldwide as various photographs were claimed to invade people's privacy.<br /></p>