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Originally Posted by drewboy12
I always though google maps where from a satellite. But thanks for clearing it up. I don't know optics.
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Some of them are, but the high res stuff (where you can see people) is usually from airplanes.
I don't know the formulae to use either, but I've seen this kind of question before so I knew that our intuitive idea of what can be seen is incorrect.
I think that's one of the biggest things that moon conspiracy (and other CTers) get wrong, trusting their intuition on what's reasonable for things completely outside their realm of experience.