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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by tpmx on Monday May 17, 2021 @04:14PM (#27187893)
It would be quite useful at lower resolutions too, I think.

Edit: The uncompressed bitrate comment is a bit like saying 1080p network video streaming will take decades to become feasible, because the incompressed bitrate is 1.485 gigabit/s...

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Re:Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps? by bzbarsky on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:43PM (#27190746)
The obvious first bandwidth issue here is through the optical sensor, which is definitely pre-compression, no?
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