• Poach@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Are you trying to say the Google maps imagery is not commercial satellite data?

    • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      That’s correct. Google Maps imagery is not satellite data, it’s airplane photos.

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      2 months ago

      The comment I replied to was talking about spy tech, I was pointing out that the photos were from a commercial satellite, whose specs are likely well known.

      • Monument@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 months ago

        Hey, and you’re right about that. It’s what I get for commenting on stuff with 4am insomnia. The photos are clearly credited to Maxar Technologies, which for some reason I know to be a satellite imaging company. (Yet I can’t remember my own zip code without thinking about it.)