Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Q: How can I have Real Time aerial photos?

A: Some people try to find a "Google Earth live".

I even was once asked for such a thing by a journalist, who was looking for satellite live camera feed, in order to cover a story developing in a dangerous area(!!!)

Sorry folks! It doesn't exist, at least not for you and me.

Unless you have your own satellite, you can't have Real Time Aerial Photos.

That simple.


PS Weather satellite images are as close to "real time" as you can get, but you can only see the clouds there.


Here are some samples:

ftp://ftp.dfd.dlr.de/put/wetterbilder/Greece/image1.jpg

http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/east/

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