Post #4248629
2026-04-16 05:23 UTC
@hareldan@mapstodon.space Was that the thing in 2006?
(before my time doing GIS/satellite stuff lol)
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@hareldan@mapstodon.space 2026-04-16 05:32
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org counting cars from space became feasible when commercial VHR came about some 2 decades ago https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0262885606003544 Since then, the "counting cars in mall parking lot as an indicator of commercial activity" became the industry trope of the next billion dollar product. Then came the floating roof oil tanks, no one has ever made a viable, profitable product from it, yet here we are, 2026, satellite companies still "counting cars from space"