New Google Satellite To Launch

Posted September 17, 2007 at 01:15 PM by Chris Marshall

Section: Web, Websites

Ever wonder where the imagery comes from for Google Earth? It is provided by a company called DigitalGlobe, and they are going to launch a new spacecraft known as WorldView on Tuesday. This new ‘craft’ will provide high definition satellite, which means more accuracy for us users.

Together with the company’s existing Quickbird satellite, it will offer half-meter resolution and will be able to collect over 600,000 square kilometers of imagery each day, up from the current collection of that amount each week, Chief Executive Jill Smith said, adding that the launch will be broadcast live on Tuesday.

The big question is - how long from launch to receiving the enhanced images on our screens?  And one more: how long until we get live images?

Via [I4U]