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Re:Buy Hi-Resolution Satellite Images of Any Place on Earth by qwertox on Saturday January 21, 2023 @03:19PM (#34469985)
That's about what you get with a satellite. What maps like Google contain is aerial imagery.

Here's [0] an interesting What If (XKCD) which deals with the resolution of the Hubble Space telescope if it were pointed at the earth.

[0] https://what-if.xkcd.com/32/

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Re:Buy Hi-Resolution Satellite Images of Any Place on Earth by askvictor on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:13PM (#34471197)
I'm curious for a re-write of this for JWST
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