Matsuda Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Easy access to satellite imagery through things like Google Earth was revolutionary in many ways. But at the risk of being incredibly greedy, wouldn’t it be nice if you could see pictures that were no more than a few days old? That’s the idea behind the UrtheCast project—they’re putting a pair of cameras on the International Space Station that will feed fresh pictures back to Earth, accessible through the UrtheCast website.One camera will sweep the Earth’s surface as the ISS passes overhead, capturing five-meter resolution images along the way (between 51°N and 51°S latitude). The other will actually shoot video at one-meter resolution and can be pointed at areas of interest. To some extent, this will be freely accessible, but UrtheCast is also marketing specialized imagery to corporate and government entities.The cameras are scheduled to be carried to the ISS by a Russian Soyuz rocket on Monday, launching at 3:53 EST/12:53 PST. UrtheCast is hosting a livestream of the launch here.Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thats all the world needs, more cameras looking at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) Thats all the world needs, more cameras looking at you.I compare these eyes on Earth to this other really bad thing, you might know it as the all seeing eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings:Of course it's in no way going to be used to hunt anyone down...or perhaps it's just harmless... Edited November 25, 2013 by Ambrocious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 now pair that with face recognition and cellphone tracking and we're all set up for a very scary future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) no more cctv on the street corner :D - its in the sky! lolno more blind spots (only indoors)obviously this is still a good few years away befor live cctv comes to the skys but its getting to be like that way.editfor got to mention that every human will be micro chipped so the camera can pin point you in seconds. Edited November 30, 2013 by Sonar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 i wanna be invisible now :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 TINFOIL head bands and or lining in your hat makes you invisible...no really it does :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Thats all the world needs, more cameras looking at you.I compare these eyes on Earth to this other really bad thing, you might know it as the all seeing eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings:Of course it's in no way going to be used to hunt anyone down...or perhaps it's just harmless...isn't this what the NSA is actually building somewhere on the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoJoe Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 isn't this what the NSA is actually building somewhere on the moonThey want to build on the dark side of the moon but they cant break ground until they evict Syd Barrett. And everyone thought he was just a brain damage lunatic. -_- :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) well who ever says street drugs and mental illness area good mix need to check olde syd out....nice pink floyd reference there Edited November 30, 2013 by dMog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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