Google confirmed Monday it has bought the start-up behind a Jetpac mobile application that creates insightful travel guides by analysing pictures from social networks such as Instagram. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Jetpac said that its application would be removed from Apple's online App Store in the days ahead and that it would stop supporting the software in the middle of September.
"We look forward to working on exciting projects with our colleagues at Google," Jetpac said in an online post.
Jetpac mines publicly shared pictures for visual clues to insights such as "bars where women go, the best views, or where the hipsters are" and then presents users with city guides suggesting spots that might be of interest.
Jetpac boasts visual guides recommending local haunts in about 6,000 cities "from San Francisco to Kathmandu."