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Re: GeoEye Starts New Earth Photo Album With High-Res Pics
Posted by: Erika Morphy 2008-10-10 11:28:04

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Some five weeks after its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, GeoEye-1, the satellite developed by aerial and geospatial information provider GeoEye, has signaled back to Earth. GeoEye-1 snapped the first location the satellite saw when the camera door was opened -- Kutztown University, located midway between Reading and Allentown, Penn. Viewed online, the image shows sharper detail than is typical of satellite work: The shot was collected at 0.41-meter ground resolution.

idea for the future use of satellites
Posted by: bpmmx 2008-10-11 10:26:57 In reply to: Erika Morphy

Here's one... You're on a vacation, having a good time, you don't have a camera (they're extinct), but just a click on the button of your moby (future cell phone) sends a GPS signal to the satellite, satellite aims its GeoEye on you and snaps a photo (or more), and sends it back to your moby, or any other location of your choice...

Messing around with bulky (or whatever) cameras and making photos you're never on - is just plain old...