From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Thu Jun 05 2003 - 11:21:55 PDT
David Cole wrote:
> It's amazing to me that with all of this high tech we can't find:
> Using Terra Server, I can see stuff in my back yard via satellite images.
> The mil satellites must be able to see to a 6" resolution or better, so why
> can't we find this stuff?
With 6" or even 2" resolution, all people look pretty much alike. Satellite
can't see through a tarp or a building roof or a foot or two of sand or into an
oil drum.
Besides, who can possibly look at the whole of Iraq at even 6" resolution. I'd
go bug-eyed in hours. FWIW.
-John
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