Apple has recently acquired a company called Poly9, a firm from Canada. Poly9 makes interactive 3D software designed for use in a browser. A counter attack for Google’s hugely famous and widely used Google Earth application? Or perhaps a gps-like app specifically for Apple’s product? It would seemed suitable for those 5-inch mini iPads that’s coming soon.

Poly9 is not Apple’s 1st mapping service company thought. Placebase was acquired by Apple last year. Poly9 already have an app similar to Google Earth, called the Poly9 Globe project, which is only 303kb and is compatible on all platform. With the two mapping service companies under the same umbrella, it sure will be a force to recon with.

[via Apple Insider]