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by the__alchemist 2008 days ago
Anecdote you may or may not find relevant: SAR maps are used regularly by fighter aircraft (And have been for decades) to generate high-precision coordinates (Absolute or relative) that can be used to target weapons. They do this from relatively far away. Most 4th gen+ fighter radars are capable of doing this in hardware and software.

The layover effect at the center of this article is due to the map being of skyscrapers.