Re: Privacy vs Open Public Data

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on Jan 16, 2013; 4:45pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Privacy-vs-Open-Public-Data-tp7581246p7581274.html

On 1/16/13 9:19 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:

Re: satellites: they have very high resolution but I'm not sure they have a high frame rate .. ie could "track" an individual.

Main limitation is the sun-synchronous orbit -- limited time to see a target as it comes in and out of view.

http://launch.geoeye.com/LaunchSite/about/

" GeoEye-2's optical telescope, detectors, focal plane assemblies and high-speed digital processing electronics are capable of processing 1,300 million pixels per second at a 24,000 line per second rate."



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