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DigitalGlobe To Sell 61cm Resolution Satellite Photos

Posted by chrisd on from the bird's-eye-view dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Sample images from DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite are now available. This is the highest resolution commercial satellite with the ability to take panchromatic images at a resolution of 61cm." Space Imaging's best offering is a 1m panchromatic resolution image, so they have some competition it seems.

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  1. Privacy implications by Flarners · · Score: 4, Funny
    Holy cow, you all better get your tinfoil hats ready, because they really *can* and most likely *will* be watching us with these things! With Ashcroft's increasingly McCarthyesque persecution complex and our civil liberties being eroded away in the name of "national security" on a daily basis, you won't even be able to jaywalk without being spotted by one of these evil mechanical eyes! I bet the FBI is going to put a huge megaphone on every one of these satellites they shoot into space, so that as soon as you break a law, they can shout down the "word of god" from above, causing you to freeze in fear as the thought police zero in on your location!

    </humour> (in case the absurdity of this post and all the exclamation marks didn't make it entirely clear)

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    1. Re:Privacy implications by scotch · · Score: 3, Funny
      There aren't any satellites with 9 minute orbits around the earth. For fun, calculate the altitude that this hypothetical orbit would have. Wouldn't that be fun to look down on satellites racing by from the comfort of your first class airline seat?

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  2. And the "Lost" bin Laden! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny
    If this is a publicly available commercial application, the NSA/CIA/etc. Have much better resources up their sleeve.

    These guys see him, know what side his hair is parted on, and how many rounds are in the clip of his Kalashnikov.

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  3. Re:Sweet! by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yeah! I can see my house! Hmm. This was taken at noon! Why is my manager's car in my driveway? Maybe I can see in the window with this magnefying glass...

    Seriously though, I should start selling advertising space on my roof now. "Get your business seen from space!"

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  4. Re:distributed Osama hunt by dillon_rinker · · Score: 3, Funny

    First, they came for the Unabomber, and I said nothing because I wasn't a reclusive Luddite crank. Then they came for Timothy McVeigh, and I said nothing because I wasn't not a hyper-conservative nationalistic psycho. Next they came for Osama bi Laden, and I said nothing because I'm not a US funded expatriated Saudi mujahadein. At last they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out...