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[Bernhard Reiter]

In article <FuEHv4.JJ7 at world.std.com>,
	wware at world.std.com (Will Ware) writes:

Thanks for the Regis-explaination. :)

> It would be interesting to set up a website that accepted
> digital micropayments from visitors, assigned to geographic
> regions, and when there was enough money, the website would
> pay one of these meter-resolution satellite photo outfits to
> take a picture of that region. This would allow concerned people
> to watch political hotspots. 

These kind of idea float around a lot, but you would have to fight a
lot of difficulies. To eleborate one:
Generally 1-m resolution is panchromatic (means
all in one band, like a greyscale value) and not that usefull.
On the other hand it takes serious analysis work to get something
out of it. Data volumes might to too high to handle over normal
internet connections yet.

	Bernhard


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