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Re:DigitalGlobe satellite imagery launch for OpenStreetMap by duskwuff on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @07:29PM (#14304755)
Satellite or plane?

My understanding is that most civilian satellite imagery is pretty low resolution. The aerial imagery used on most maps sites is taken from planes -- there's clear parallax in some areas of the image, and far too much perspective in general to be taken from an orbital platform.

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Re:DigitalGlobe satellite imagery launch for OpenStreetMap by maxerickson on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @08:32PM (#14305058)
DigitalGlobe has multiple satellites with ~30cm pixels.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldView-4

The layers here are satellite imagery. Mapping sites definitely bring in any other sources that make sense though.

I haven't looked at it a great deal, the "Premium" layer appears to be more carefully produced with the "Standard" layer favoring fresher imagery. So both are nice resources.

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