Wewarned youthat Google would soon be snapping shot of your backyard with GeoEye-1 , a armed forces - controlled artificial satellite with the highest - resolution terrestrial camera now in orbit . Well , yesterday at high noon easterly time , Larry and Sergei ’s little sister started snapping . But agree toWired , GeoEye ’s communication guy says “ this is the opposite of a undercover agent artificial satellite . ” Yes , it makes sensation . “ spy do n’t put info on the internet and betray imagery , ” reasons GeoEye ’s Mark Brender , who stresses that for GeoEye and its Googlicious patron , these simulacrum are specifically intended for customers . ( For creeping caustic remark , refer to Joseph Heller ’s Catch-22 . ) No , see , the undercover agent material is actually something completely unlike — that happens to also come from the same satellite . According to the same dude , the camera is capable of recording classified image to a resolution of 41 centimeters , or as Wired puts it , “ penny-pinching enough to soar in on the place plate of a baseball infield . ” These film will go to the National Geospatial - Intelligence Agency , who is putting up $ 502 million , even even than Google . So or else of Larry and Sergei pose those shot of you in a two-piece , they ’ll go to Dick Cheney . I am so jutting . [ GeoEye Image GalleryviaWired ]
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