C3 Releases Software Development Kit for Creating Geo-Location, Mobile, Social Apps on Photo-Realistic 3D Maps of 100 Cities
Additional 22 Maps Including Asian and South American Cities On Tap for Q2 Release
2011 International CES
LAS VEGAS– C3 Technologies today released its first software development kit (SDK) for creating search, navigation and geo-location desktop and mobile applications that utilize the company’s photo-realistic 3D maps.
“It’s time for the interface to catch up with the amazing innovation that mobile and desktop developers are delivering to the market every day”
The C3 SDK comes with 3D maps of San Francisco and London for developing and testing applications that can work with the more than 100 maps in the C3 database of cities and regions in the U.S., U.K., central Europe and Scandinavia. An additional 22 cities, including major metro areas in Asia and South America, are scheduled for release in April.
“It’s time for the interface to catch up with the amazing innovation that mobile and desktop developers are delivering to the market every day,” said Mattias Åström, C3 Technologies CEO. “C3’s SDK allows developers of new mobile, social, location-based apps to give their users the amazing experience of seeing the world the way it really is, instead of boring, flat 2D abstractions.”
The C3 SDK provides all of the essential tools for building and deploying desktop and mobile 3D map-based applications for Android, iPhone and iPad, and a JavaScript API for web development including plug-ins for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Explorer browsers.
Cities now available for license in the C3 database include London, Barcelona, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Boston, Miami and San Francisco.
Pricing and Availability
The new C3 Software Development Kit sells for $1,000 and is now available.
About C3 Technologies
C3 Technologies is a leading provider of 3D mapping solutions, offering photo-realistic models of the world for search, navigation and geographic information systems. Since 2007 when it was spun out of the aerospace and defense company Saab AB, venture-backed C3 has redefined mapping by applying previously classified image processing technology to the development of 3D maps as a platform for social and commercial applications. The Sweden-based company’s automated software and advanced algorithms enable C3 to rapidly assemble extremely precise 3D models, and seamlessly integrate them with traditional 2D maps, satellite images, street level photography and user generated images, that together are forever changing how people use maps and explore the world. Experience the world the way it really is, was and could be at www.c3technologies.com.