by Anthony » 29 Nov 2008, 00:47
But the last time I looked at Google Earth it didn't (on Symi at least) have anything near the resolution needed to identify people, military vehicles etc. Despite living in London where one has to accept that "Big Brother is watching you" (though I prefer to think that he is primarily watching the people who might be up to no good - which seems more reassuring: or me when I drive my car, to check that I have paid the Congestion Charge (ouch!!), I do think that he has a very valid point.
Presumably webcams could be set up to produce their images integrated over a long exposure time, which would mean that things that move (like people and vehicles) were blurred out of the picture whereas things that don't, like buildings and other fixtures - which I guess are what we really want to look at - still come out crystal-clear.