csteubs

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by csteubs 6y ago
Revisit is getting better and satellites have an edge when it comes to total coverage of the earth, but the 120,000 flights around the world each day typically fly predictable routes at low altitudes near urban centers (takeoff and landing)
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by csteubs 6y ago
I understand where you're coming from, but it's much more nuanced than plainly-stated "privacy intromission". For all the good that has come from tools like Google Maps, there's an opportunity to extend that good. F
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by csteubs 6y ago
You're absolutely right, there are huge swaths of airspace that rarely see traffic. Imaging satellites have an inherent advantage when it comes to total coverage but proportionally, a small % of all images captured in an orbital period
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by csteubs 6y ago
You're spot on, and that's something I think about daily. Satellite-based incumbents have an average revisit rate (assuming good weather) of roughly 2x/day, so hundreds or thousands of passes/day poses serious privacy an
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by csteubs 6y ago
I'm working on a startup trying to make that happen now. There's an immense amount of "free energy" in the form of 120k+ flights around the world every day with that # expected to increase in the future with air taxis, d
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by csteubs 6y ago
I recently bought a fairly large fossilized raptor skull mounted on a base for my office. It never fails to get a comment when I have visitors and having a hands-on relic from millions of years ago (even if it's just a cast) is really
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by csteubs 6y ago
https://www.burnerapp.com/
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by csteubs 6y ago
I have a second phone number through the Burner app that supports incoming and outgoing webhooks and integrates with Slack, Dropbox, Google, etc. $35/year is a pittance for the flexibility you get with a second number, the extra functi
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by csteubs 6y ago
I'm in the middle of drafting a patent in the map space right now and discovery has been one of the most fascinating parts, notably how many patents are laser-focused on UAV tech use cases in recent years. It's likewise been encou
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by csteubs 6y ago
Awesome tool, Jason!
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by csteubs 6y ago
Not A Satellite Labs | Co-Founders (Marketing/Sales + Computer Vision) | Remote (U.S.) | https://notasatellite.com We're building the world's first real-time map using a network of cameras aboard 60,000+ daily com
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by csteubs 6y ago
Anecdotally, one of the silver linings is the barrier for startups operating in the airline industry has never been lower. Prior to Covid it was exceedingly difficult to get a sit-down with business development personnel at major airlines,
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by csteubs 6y ago
They are, but that number represents U.S. flights only and is pretty grossly underestimated. Flight volume hasn't changed significantly, but the passenger volume is way down which is a good thing for our purposes. There were 64,523 fli
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by csteubs 6y ago
Great points! We're incorporating aspects of all three workarounds. Ground sync is already possible (wifi isn't available on many regional short-hop flights so we eat the latency), and we're discussing dedicated bandwidth wit
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by csteubs 6y ago
Yes and no. Connectivity tests have been an important part of the early work so far but depending on the airline and route, we've consistently averaged 6Mbps upload pre-Covid which has been sufficient. Passenger volume is significantly
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by csteubs 6y ago
The value really depends on the use case, but having the image sent instantly enables finer temporal resolution. Not all flights will have working wifi so all the devices (including the app) can save the data and upload once the flight has
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by csteubs 6y ago
The sensors are mounted internally to the window in order to avoid any sort of external retrofit work, tunnel testing, FAA approval, etc. The MVP is actually just an app that uses the phone's camera to the same effect. We're talki
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by csteubs 6y ago
I'd argue another point; satellites are a major bottleneck to GIS as we're familiar with. With only ~300 or so commercial imaging satellites in orbit, current revisit rates are sufficient for most use cases. Maybe one or two image
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by csteubs 6y ago
Thanks! I can definitely elaborate on some of the strategy here. The cameras geo-tag the images at the edge and verify against the flight path using time stamps for accuracy. Resolution is a function of altitude (among other things), but te
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by csteubs 6y ago
A web map that is updated in near-real time. I'm working on a launching a startup (notasatellite.com) that uses a network of cameras on 80,000+ commercial flights to build the most accurate map. Had the idea flying home one day and rea
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by csteubs 6y ago
I've been doing user interviews in the morning; it's been working quite well so far. I'm in CA and a lot of my customers are on the east coast (NYC), so waking up a little early to respond to emails, DMs, etc., has meant I ea
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by csteubs 6y ago
Would you consider adding a feature to clear past metrics from the charts on /updates? I signed up for the SUS 2018 course with a startup that looked very different from my current project, so my metrics these days look like a bunch of
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by csteubs 6y ago
I was thinking credit score myself.
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by csteubs 6y ago
Weren't the origins of dark mode (not Amdek origins but mid-2000's) in all those browser extensions that displayed energy savings?
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by csteubs 6y ago
Interesting! Would your primary goal be detecting new or possible archaeological sites, change detection of known sites, or something else? Any particular areas in mind?
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by csteubs 6y ago
I'm actually working on something similar now, only the data is sourced from aerial images. I run a startup in this space and we were previously discarding a ton of data because of cloud cover, smog/fog, haze, etc. This is a great
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by csteubs 6y ago
Not a stupid question at all! If you place your phone near the top of the window and angle it down, you'll see an image that looks remarkably like a satellite image and in many cases, better. I didn't believe it could be done eith
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by csteubs 6y ago
Some of my favorites from testing so far are: - container volume in and out of ports (which are usually in industrial zones right next to airports) - daily crop harvest rates from the midwest states - a small undergrad research team in Oreg
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by csteubs 6y ago
I really appreciate this response; banally labeling this a "PR issue" was a bit callous and does nothing to address the underlying concerns or the consequences of leaving them unaddressed. I'm more or less a team of one at th
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by csteubs 6y ago
We're taking a two-pronged approach as we launch and scale up. Short term: camera resolution on the average cell phone is often better than an array onboard a satellite, so the MVP is a native app that window seat passengers use to rec

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