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by jdhawk 3353 days ago
41cm/pixel available to the government & 50cm/pixel available to Google through GeoEye-1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoEye-1

31cm/pixel through WorldView-4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldView-4

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take it for what it's worth, but according to this bbc article published in 2014...

> "The latest US spy satellites, in comparison, are reported to be able to pick out objects less than 10cm (4 inches) across."

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140211-inside-the-google-e...

Wow - I figured they were ahead, but 3x...