Yeah, 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 ver

Yeah, 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.