Planes Landing in Beijing: Video from Space

Post by madaxe_again » Thu, Mar 06, 2014, 10:38 AM UTC

knowaveragejoe wrote: post #65

madaxe_again wrote: post #64

This is childs-play compared to what the DoD are up to with WAPS, currently in the format of ARGUS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS-IS Simultaneous video surveillance of 8 x 8km with a single drone, at 15cm resolution. I'm afraid to say that while this is neat, realtime video maps of the planet will be provided by drone tech, not satellites - for now. When we can stick something in geosync with amazing eyes at a l…

While impressive, I have a hard time believing this claim: > As ARGUS floats overhead for months at a time, it dragnet tracks every moving person and vehicle and chronographs their movements, allowing forensic investigators to rewind the footage and watch the activities of anyone they select within the footage. The amount of footage just one pod collects in a short span of time is monumental. They're storing what amo…