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Could you divulge what you use the images for? Or, anyone who buys satellite images? I know about real estate, navigation, and I've heard that some business u
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
Could you divulge what you use the images for?
Or, anyone who buys satellite images?
I know about real estate, navigation, and I've heard that some business use them to forecast retail sales.
I curious about other uses.
- mvanaltvorst 5y agoTracking deforestation, melting of glaciers, basically anything geographic. If you're looking for things people profit from, you're right that some trading firms use satellite images to count cars in parking lots of e.g. Walmart to predict earnings reports. Similar things can be done on oil refineries for example (some satellites can even look /through/ oil tanks to look at oil levels by looking at specific wavelengths).