Google's Satellites Could Soon See Your Face From Space

Posted by Unknown on Monday August 11, 2014 @10:51AM from the google-face-view dept.

Jason Koebler (3528235) writes Two months ago, after much lobbying by the biggest satellite company in North America, DigitalGlobe, the US government relaxed restrictions to allow for commercially available satellite imagery up to 25 cm resolution—twice as detailed as the previous limit of 50 cm.
The DigitalGlobe's Worldview-3, the first commercial satellite set to capture these high-res images is set to launch this Wednesday. Six months after that, private businesses, including its regular client Google, will be able to get their hands on hyper-detailed photos and videos of the globe.

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but... my face is smaller than 25 cm? by davecotter · 2014-08-11 10:54 · Score: 5, Insightful

doesn't that mean my entire face would be 1 pixel large?
If you think nobody's head is that big... by jeffb+(2.718) · 2014-08-11 13:04 · Score: 4, Insightful

...you obviously haven't been hanging around here for long.