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Wow, this seems like incredibly valuable information for traders and hedge funds. There is a well known retail analyst (Mathew Boss) who famously said they take
by nodesocket 5y ago
Wow, this seems like incredibly valuable information for traders and hedge funds. There is a well known retail analyst (Mathew Boss) who famously said they take aerial photos of mall parking lots to estimate traffic and sales. This data is even more granular.
- gregsadetsky 5y agoYeah, commercial Satellite data "intelligence" is a big thing. (This is clearly the "civilian" version of what has been going on in the military world for a very long time) I wanted to send this example as it's exactly what you're talking about -- monitoring of retail locations (as a data service): https://learn.rsmetrics.com/trafficsignals/retail/monitoring/special/offer https://learn.rsmetrics.com/trafficsignals/retail/monitoring... ... but I found this from the same company which is crazier: https://learn.rsmetrics.com/cedm/boeing-tracker https://learn.rsmetrics.com/cedm/boeing-tracker "RS Metrics Boeing Tracker is a custom event driven monitoring product which focuses on the activity and production at Boeing factory sites. Insights generated from Boeing Tracker help investors and PMs' to optimize their investment strategies." Among other things, they're counting cars at the Boeing Employee Parking Lot: https://learn.rsmetrics.com/hubfs/BA_2_Boeing%20Renton%20Factory_030920_Processed_6-1.png https://learn.rsmetrics.com/hubfs/BA_2_Boeing%20Renton%20Fac... Yeah, ok. Wow.