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2006-10-17, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Dorian Gray View Post
True, I should have qualified that statement to exclude spy satellites, which obviously offer much higher resolution than the commercial satellites in operation. which to the best of my knowledge are incapable of resolving objects less that a few metres across.
Actually, DigitalGlobe's QuickBird (one of the main sources of google images) has a b&w resolution of 60-70cm, although the color that google uses is 2.4m.
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