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Turns Out Satellites Work Great for Mapping Earthquakes
- acqq 12y agoThe text doesn't mention any satellite-dependent technology that can provide the data. They just mention "geodetic data." Here's one technology and the limiting aspects: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferometric_synthetic_aperture_radar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferometric_synthetic_apert... "Difficulties: A variety of factors govern the choice of images which can be used for interferometry. The simplest is data availability – radar instruments used for interferometry commonly don't operate continuously, acquiring data only when programmed to do so. For future requirements it may be possible to request acquisition of data, but for many areas of the world archived data may be sparse."
- christianbryant 12y agoBut how hard would it be to program the instruments to operate continuously? Naturally, you'd need to factor in instrument lifespan and perhaps budget for a "failover" unit, and then you'd need a reasonable storage array that could be accessed remotely; but from a technical standpoint, all things that can be done.