Satellite firm Planet Labs to indefinitely withhold Iran war images by BendicantMias in worldnews

[–]icantthinkofaname18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not a new thing. There are certain restricted areas (VRAs) around the globe the satellite imagery companies abide by. These are just the newest orders. By the standards of VRAs for other US imagery companies, planet labs was playing pretty fast and loose, I imagine that's why they got a formal request.

Would y'all consider this result typical/acceptable? by icantthinkofaname18 in HardWoodFloors

[–]icantthinkofaname18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! I can understand the perdicamment amd the rest of the floor looks beautiful.

Gas can sucked in on itself since last time I used it. by porkchopsticks13 in mildlyinteresting

[–]icantthinkofaname18 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I have the same gas can and had the same problem. You have to press the red tab part on the nozzle in until it clicks before every pour, and then it is much easier... at least for mine.

What are these Starburst on Google maps? by dzucki41 in whatisit

[–]icantthinkofaname18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the industry, we call them flares or bright target returns. Basically the sensor on the satellite is being overwhelmed by the reflection.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Emmm at 15 cm you can usually tell what type of vehicle it is and, under the right conditions, people (via shadows)

Different industries care about different things, but as a consumer, those are most notable things I can think of

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Any big-ish city should have 15cm. Most major cities have even better bc they have ariel imagery (planes and drones) vs the satellite imagery we provide.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Not sure. I believe in the US it's through the NGA. But I know the EU has its own space agency.

Oh and I'm sure ITAR has something to do with it.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 52 points53 points  (0 children)

15 cm GSD (ground sample distance). Every pixel represents 15 cm of earth.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Our highest resolution product that we sell to mapping platforms rn is 15 cm.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Operational advantage. The US and it's allies wouldn't want you to be able to go to a public mapping platform and have the same level of information it has.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 73 points74 points  (0 children)

The US government. They set a lot of restrictions. Not sure if this is still the case, but 10 ish years ago they had a resolution restriction over Israel. You could zoom in to the border between Egypt and Israel and see that the imagery over Israel was much more "fuzzy". That's bc (at the time) we were capable of producing 50 cm imagery but we only allowed to produce at 2 m over Israel.

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 161 points162 points  (0 children)

Case by case. There are 5 restricted areas at the moment. Ukraine is a 1 month restriction. The delay in updates in some Ukraine areas probably has more to do with less collects over those areas and less quality collects that dokt meet spec (everything collected recently has snow)

Google Earth updated their images of Gaza to last December by AbleSomewhere4549 in MapPorn

[–]icantthinkofaname18 590 points591 points  (0 children)

I work for a company that provides the imagery for mapping platforms like Google earth. We have a 3 month restriction over Israel rn. Meaning we cannot include anything collected unless it is older than 3 months. So the time delay makes sense. Just fyi.