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"surely a satellite does what this does but better?" Nope, which is why Google and Apple pay heavily for on-the-ground recording and aerial photography for the
by lightedman 4y ago
"surely a satellite does what this does but better?"
Nope, which is why Google and Apple pay heavily for on-the-ground recording and aerial photography for their maps.
- micromacrofoot 4y agoyeah but this balloon wasn’t doing sunny day photo flybys, it was up in the stratosphere and couldn’t even be controlled predictably
- mardifoufs 4y agoThey also don't have access to spy satellite tech though.
- kube-system 4y agoAny camera that takes a good picture from 500 miles away takes a better picture from 12 miles away.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoHave you seen what civilian imaging satellites look like? They have giant optics the size of a bus. Look at Worldview 3 Even optics 1/10 the size of Worldview would be massive, and this baloon has nothing like it. What is it using, a GoPro?