Products like Google Maps stitch satellite and aerial photos together to make a cohesive image. There's no reason to spend tens of thousands of dollars on gett

Products like Google Maps stitch satellite and aerial photos together to make a cohesive image. There's no reason to spend tens of thousands of dollars on getting precise images in the middle of a sea or ocean from Maxar so a low-res image is more than enough. Also, most of the high-res images you see of regions on Google Earth or Maps tends to come from aerial photography, not satellites. These products will also update the images every couple months to years. For example, you could see the aftermath of the Donetsk airport battle and Homs Siege in Google Maps in 2014-15, but not anymore.