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Google also operates a very large fleet of aircraft to get higher resolution then what satellite can provide. Both in North America and Europe. DG is just the

• maxerickson 10y ago
  Do they? I thought they just used USDA/USGS/NAIP and other government imagery.
  • puzzle 10y ago
    They do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Douyfa7l8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Douyfa7l8 At least for disaster relief, in Asia, too: https://maps.googleblog.com/2011/03/new-imagery-of-japan-after-earthquake.html https://maps.googleblog.com/2011/03/new-imagery-of-japan-aft... "Today, we’ve published imagery of the Sendai region at even higher resolution, which we collected on Sunday and Monday." Note the "we collected" and how it's called just imagery, instead of "satellite imagery" as in the previous paragraph. A thread with operational details: https://community.apan.org/hadr/japan_earthquake/f/f629b959-b4a7-4133-b0ed-7cad7778509c/53821/google-offer-to-fly-candid-imagery-as-part-of-japan-relief-operations-similar-to-haiti-3d-udop https://community.apan.org/hadr/japan_earthquake/f/f629b959-... It's also available for resale: http://sendai.hmdc.harvard.edu/cga_website_files/PDF_misc/Google_Imagery_Overview_2014.pdf http://sendai.hmdc.harvard.edu/cga_website_files/PDF_misc/Go...