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Do we have information whether Starlink satellites have cameras on-board? I was just wondering one day that it would make sense to use the satellites itself to
by Geee 6y ago
Do we have information whether Starlink satellites have cameras on-board? I was just wondering one day that it would make sense to use the satellites itself to build real-time maps.
Tesla cars are already connected through 4G/5G (when there's coverage) and they also store video feed in their memory, which they upload when the car connects to Wifi.
- txlpo78 6y agoAlmost certainly not. AFAIK the technology to do street-level imagery from satellites is still mostly only on government spy satellites, and certainly isn’t cheap enough to put on thousands of nearly-disposable sats. The type of imagery you see from Google Maps is taken from airplanes.
- maccam94 6y agoThe satellite imagery is from Google's Keyhole satellites. But the bird's eye view zoom levels are from aircraft.
- sidpatil 6y agoI know this is true for Bing Maps, but I thought Google Maps used photogrammetry or LIDAR to create a synthetic 3D view.
- Geee 6y agoThere's a company called Planet that offers daily satellite images with down to 50cm resolution. https://www.planet.com https://www.planet.com