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>c) There's also satellite imagery, but no imaging company is imaging the entire globe at a resolution Google and friends are interested in. You need to pay for
by 0xffff2 8y ago
>c) There's also satellite imagery, but no imaging company is imaging the entire globe at a resolution Google and friends are interested in. You need to pay for specific areas, which brings us back to b), what's the commercial interest?
Isn't Planet Labs (https://www.planet.com/ https://www.planet.com/) doing exactly that?
- hkchad 8y agoPlanet is Medium Resolution, not high res like in Google Earth. Plant is roughly 4m resolution where google is sub meter resolution. But yes, planet now has access to 100% earth's landmass daily.