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Re:Open California: an archive of free high-quality satellit... by dbcurtis on Monday April 04, 2016 @09:02PM (#11427038)
That is an understatement. Google maps satellite images are much, much higher resolution.
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Re:Open California: an archive of free high-quality satellit... by foota on Monday April 04, 2016 @09:07PM (#11427058)
I could be mistaken, but I believe some of the higher res imagery is from airplanes.
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Re:Open California: an archive of free high-quality satellit... by bahro on Monday April 04, 2016 @10:05PM (#11427281)
Yep, Planet Labs uses tiny satellites. Their resolution advantage is temporal, not spatial.
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