The motivation should be obvious to everyone here: to stop the public from directly seeing the Israeli war crimes. That way the propaganda machine coming from the American authorities can continue to be swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps?
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#152Not really related to the article at hand, but I've been on a bit of a Google Maps binge the past couple weeks. I learned a few interesting facts, blurry Israel being one of them. Another strange thing I found that might not be super well known (I didn't know about it) is that all GPS data in China is offset by a nonlinear psuedo-random amount. If you turn on the satellite view in Google Maps and look at various citi…
When I last went in late 2018, it was not corrected for on the satellite maps. Google maps was still usable for walking directions, however.
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#153Is there an alternative (european?) source with higher definition ? Even outdated imagery would be useful
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#154Is it possible to have real-time live-feed of the entire planet? If cost isn't an issue, would something like that be possible?
The short answer is no. High-resolution imagery comes from low-orbit satellites, which make a complete orbit about every two hours, and image long, narrow strips with each pass, taking days to image the whole planet. There are many of these satellites: commercial, non-military (publicly-accessible) governmental, and governmental (secret), of varying resolutions. These are also supplemented by aerial (plane) imagery.…
Obviously different to optical images. But I wonder if this kind of live view would be more possible with SAR at higher orbits. And with enough signal processing may actually be more useful for automated analysis than cloudy images.
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#155Tangentially related but where does this come from and why is it so widely repeated (as in this article): > ...Gaza, one of the most densely populated places in the world I've seen this claim (both in the "one of the most..." and " the #1 most..." forms) many times and I don't know where it comes from. What am I missing? Here[0] wikipedia says Gaza Strip has ~5,046/sqkm. I thought maybe Gaza City was meant, it's dens…
It must just be something that gets repeated without verification at this point. For comparison Gaza City has a slightly higher population density than NYC (but less than Hoboken, NJ) while the entire Gaza Strip has the same population density as Boston (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities...).
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
> But, we could always ... That's a very bold claim with no support provided.
Pun aside, this is the more in the realm of "theoretically possible" rather than possible right now. And people don't consider sun-sized Dyson spheres impossible, so a planet-sized one should be a piece of cake. Though the live imagery would now need night vision cameras, as we blocked out all our light with our camera support. But one has to take the good with the bad ;)
Hey, you asked me to solve your mouse problem. How was I to know you were allergic to cats!
I think most accepted approaches to constructing a sphere involve first building a series of structural components to form a stable net - as such we could stop the process when we've got just enough structure in place for stability and not so much that we need night vision cameras buuuut... I typed that before buying a bunch of night vision stock so please disregard the first portion of this paragraph - we would absolutely need night vision cameras from every angle.
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
Should they have negotiated with the Palestinian Authority, which only partially controls the West Bank, or with Hamas, which took control of Gaza and proceeded to murder leaders from other Palestinian political parties? It is kind of hard to know who the "official" representatives of the Palestinian people actually are due to the failure to establish a functional Palestinian state or government.
I wish the recent history of Palestine were different too, but it seems unkind to use language that implicitly blames Palestinians as a people--or the factions that now hold power--for these issues. Literally any people on Earth would probably have a similar history, and be in a similar (or worse) place with respect to government, if they faced similar pressures for such an extended period of time.
Do you have any examples for that?
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
The short answer is no. High-resolution imagery comes from low-orbit satellites, which make a complete orbit about every two hours, and image long, narrow strips with each pass, taking days to image the whole planet. There are many of these satellites: commercial, non-military (publicly-accessible) governmental, and governmental (secret), of varying resolutions. These are also supplemented by aerial (plane) imagery.…
Since you know what you're talking about. Say I'm willing to accept the updated-daily or even weekly high-res imagery of the whole planet. Any idea what the cost would boil down to? How many parties are involved? Just wanting to learn more about this.
I'm no expert but there was an Ask HN about new APIs[1] recently. One answer linked to Albedo[2] which seems quite interesting.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27067945 [2] https://www.albedo.space/
Re: Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps?
#159Im kind of confused - they're saying its a problem for reporters and people trying to investigate, but also that other providers provide high resolution imagery. I feel like both those things can't be true. How can it be a problem if you can just get the needed images from non usa companies?
You expect reporters to go deeper than the first page on Google?
Re: Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps?
#160Tangentially related but where does this come from and why is it so widely repeated (as in this article): > ...Gaza, one of the most densely populated places in the world I've seen this claim (both in the "one of the most..." and " the #1 most..." forms) many times and I don't know where it comes from. What am I missing? Here[0] wikipedia says Gaza Strip has ~5,046/sqkm. I thought maybe Gaza City was meant, it's dens…
Can you find a single reference stating that it's the most dense city or area in the world? I tried looking for one but failed.
There are well over 10,000 cities in the world and Gaza City is likely among the top 500 for population density, which would put it in the top 5%.
Do you generally call things out as being untrustworthy for claiming that the top 5% is among the highest in a rank?