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If I'm not mistaken, the benefit of Planet over Google Maps is that all imagery on Planet is less than 24 hours old. So, you can see daily snapshots of differen
by gkoberger 10y ago
If I'm not mistaken, the benefit of Planet over Google Maps is that all imagery on Planet is less than 24 hours old. So, you can see daily snapshots of different locations.
The time slider is huge (albeit potentially creepy)... you can see before and afters of a disaster, check if someone's car was parked outside on a certain day, watch progress of construction, etc.
- zouhair 10y agoSound like some version of Eye In The Sky[0], scary and unsettling. [0]: http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/
- computerex 10y agoExcept Planet's goal is global scale, and I don't think they are aiming to do anything real-time atm.
- jofer 10y agoKeep in mind it's ~4m resolution. You can't see someone's car parked outside (or at best the car would be a single pixel).