• Poach@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      Are you trying to say the Google maps imagery is not commercial satellite data?

      • dev_null@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        That’s correct. Google Maps imagery is not satellite data, it’s airplane photos.

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        1 month ago

        The comment I replied to was talking about spy tech, I was pointing out that the photos were from a commercial satellite, whose specs are likely well known.

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          1 month ago

          Hey, and you’re right about that. It’s what I get for commenting on stuff with 4am insomnia. The photos are clearly credited to Maxar Technologies, which for some reason I know to be a satellite imaging company. (Yet I can’t remember my own zip code without thinking about it.)