The Next Generation Of Hi-Res Satellite Imaging Technology Is On The Way

Bird's-Eye View Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa, courtesy of GeoEye-1. GeoEye

GeoEye, DigitalGlobe Get $7 Billion From Intelligence Agency To Implement Next-Gen Satellite Imaging -- Popular Science

The next generation of hi-res satellite imaging technology is on the way, at least if the United States government has anything to say about it. The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency has awarded satellite imaging firms GeoEye and DigitalGlobe, which provide images for Google and Microsoft among others, contracts upwards of $3.5 billion each to help them get the next wave of imaging technology into the sky.

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My Comment: Wow .... it is only a matter of time before there will be no place to hide.