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Old 06-26-2011, 12:58 AM   #1
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This is immeasurably cool!

UrtheCast (a Calgary company!!!), with the help of the Russian Space Agency, will launch two high definition HD cameras to the International Space Station later this year. They will be attached to the outside of the ISS and pointed at Earth. When they come online in Spring 2012 they will stream live HD video to whoever wants to watch, over the web.

All this in 1m resolution!

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Old 06-26-2011, 01:21 AM   #2
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Can you bump this thread when it goes on line?
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Old 06-26-2011, 09:21 AM   #4
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VERY cool.

Best screen saver idea ever....!
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Definitely.
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Very cool.

But unlike Google earth would the user only be limited to being able to see what is directly under this space station at any given time?
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Old 06-26-2011, 09:48 AM   #7
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Very cool.

But unlike Google earth would the user only be limited to being able to see what is directly under this space station at any given time?
Live, yes. However, they did mention you could rewind and pause it so its possible you could just rewind to the part you want to see.
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But unlike Google earth would the user only be limited to being able to see what is directly under this space station at any given time?
Unlike google earth it won't be a patchy mess of different aerial photos, done at different times. I think this will be amazing.
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Finally. I've been waiting for something like this. It will be awesome to track storms and see things like volcanic activity and such.
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SOOOOOOOO Excited! Awesome idea
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I can't wait to watch the end of the world from space!
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The 'my house in Calgary' part is pretty cool.
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For reference, how accurate is 1 m of resolution? Were those videos of the tsunami and the stadium representative of how good this camera is going to be?
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Old 06-26-2011, 07:48 PM   #16
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VERY cool.

Best screen saver idea ever....!
Here is a video I made that you can transform to a mobile screen saver to hold you off till then.
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For reference, how accurate is 1 m of resolution? Were those videos of the tsunami and the stadium representative of how good this camera is going to be?
I don't think so. If I understand the terminology correctly, "1m resolution" means that one pixel of image data represents 1m on the ground.

A typical mid-size car is about 4.5m long, so you'd see enough to know what colour a car is, but not enough to be able to identify what kind of car it is.

This is a 1m resolution image (big): http://uregina.ca/piwowarj/Satellite...firstimage.jpg
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UFOlogists will be watching this non-stop. Every bright object will be proof of alien visitation.
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Or you can use this still image if you like.
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