Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

Re:Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps by HPsquared on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:26PM (#29628094)

Doing it this way allows not only higher resolution, but you can also use different types of filter for specialist applications. Infrared for example, or some kind of narrow band pass filters etc.

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Re:Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps by birdyrooster on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:12PM (#29628781)

Unless you aren’t military and then no infrared for you

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Re:Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps by urschrei on Monday December 20, 2021 @03:03PM (#29629502)

Nonsense. Landsat 8 bands 5, 6, and 7 are infrared bands (5 is NIR, and 6 & 7 are shortwave or SWIR), and bands 10 and 11 are lower-resolution thermal infrared (TIRS).

Source: http://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-band-designations-landsat-...

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Re:Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps by can16358p on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:48PM (#29629266)

I literally have a 720nm lowpass infrared filter in front of me for use in photography.

Infrared imaging is not "military", it's public, common, and legal.

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Re:Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps by dsl on Monday December 20, 2021 @05:53PM (#29631547)

I think what they meant is prior to the "digital farming revolution" if you called up a satellite/arial imagery company and requested anything other than visible spectrum, you'd not only get some strange looks - they'd also alert the government.

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Re:Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps by wantsanagent on Monday December 20, 2021 @02:23PM (#29628940)

Oh? Planet offers infrared imaging to farmers.

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