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Just about any satellite photo provider can be used to locate military bases also. The heatmap is neat but I don't see why it's specifically bad for military b

• xrisk 9y ago
  Patrol and supply route information I guess?
  • samstave 9y ago
    I can honestly see this as a DND scenario: “I roll to see what I can find out about their supply routes” 20 “Ok, you can see from their strava heat maps their supply routes go north to south along this particular road” “When do they happen” “Roll for perception” 20 (Fuck this guy) “Ok, you see that they result every Thursday at noon” “That’s when we’ll attack!”
  • vobios 9y ago
    Do you think the locals don't already have that info? The soldiers are not invisible.
• samstave 9y ago
  Honest questions: Who are the “any satellite photo providers”? How many are there? How do I find them?
  • sathackr 9y ago
    I'm not sure if you're being pedantic in that most 'satellite' photos are actually aerial or not. The more obvious sources would be Bing Maps and Google Maps/Google Earth, and they likely aggregate multiple sources. I know I've seen Digital Globe[2], USGS[4], and Pictometry[5] cited as sources. A quick Google search[1] brings up Digital Globe[2] and a list[3] as the first two non-sponsored results. [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=Satellite+photo+providers https://www.google.com/search?q=Satellite+photo+providers [2] https://www.digitalglobe.com https://www.digitalglobe.com [3] http://gisgeography.com/free-satellite-imagery-data-list/ http://gisgeography.com/free-satellite-imagery-data-list/ [4] http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ [5] https://www.eagleview.com/product/pictometry-imagery/ https://www.eagleview.com/product/pictometry-imagery/