Basically, Earthmine is working on an online mapping service that will provide street level views much more detailed than those available with Google Street View. The images are gathered using laser range-finding and still cameras. Google on the other hand, is taking its imagery from video cameras.
As you can see in the screenshot above, Earthmine will also enable the addition of tags and labels to imagery.
While Earthmine does plan to launch a consumer oriented portal, the company is looking to sell its services to businesses and government agencies.
