[pinwale]

Apple bought C3 Technologies, a Swedish 3D mapping company back in 2011. It was originally spun out of SAAB (the mapping solution was originally used for missile targeting systems, iirc.)

more info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3apAXzf3JTg

[sorenjan]

And Saab kept the same technology in a different company that they now own together with Digital Globe: http://www.vricon.com