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Google Satellite Successfully Launched
What a way to celebrate a tenth birthday!

A satellite that successfully launched yesterday is designed to send high-resolution color satellite imagery back to Earth for the benefit of the U.S. Government as well as for Google. The Geo-Eye 1 satellite is gathering information for the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for the purpose of national security. However, Google has a deal in place that gives it exclusive access to the imagery for the purpose of improving mapping on Google Earth and Google Maps. It will take 1-2 months for Google to start receiving that high-detail imagery. Google’s founders were on-site to watch the launch which isn’t a bad way to celebrate Google’s 10th birthday!

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The Flash
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What's next...

Well there goes another step towards global domination...

pnh102
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Re: What's next...

said by The Flash:

Well there goes another step towards global domination...
Sounds like how SkyNet got its start...

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Re: What's next...

Skynet Google became self-aware at 2:50pm EDT September 6, 2008.

BTW, I used Google to get the quote jip right
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What are we going to do tonight google? Same thing we do every night pinky try to take over the world.

»ca.youtube.com/watch?v=c ··· 1nkwMp4k

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Re: What's next...

so in your Pinky and the Brain referense the US Goverment is Pinky right?

tiger72
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Re: What's next...

The US Government is ALWAYS Pinky =(
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The government would clearly be Pinky and Google the Brain.

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Who would you rather have running the country? The US government, that's already proven that they can't, or Google?

I'm leaning towards Google now cause when their spying on you, it's only to make a buck.

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When does the whistleblower claim that Google works for NSA?

Should we now expect some Google whistleblower to come forward claiming that Google is supplying search info to the NSA in a "quid pro quo" for Google getting all the sat images for Google maps? But at least Google will be protected from privacy lawsuits.

AT&T must be really enjoying this announcement.

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Re: When does the whistleblower claim that Google works for NSA?

Uh... it's not Google spying for the Government.... It's the Government spy satellite spying for Google!

at&t is jealous!

Well at least tho it only takes pictures of public areas outside people's homes and businesses.

We think.

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You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!

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Re: When does the whistleblower claim that Google works for NSA?

said by JasonOD :

You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!
And besides some money, what else is Google paying to the US for use of the satellite - some search data perhaps.

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said by JasonOD :

You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!
GeoEye is a commercial venture, right? What does taxpayer funding have to do with this? »www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/ ··· ult.aspx

The Gov't contracted with GeoEye and Google contracted with GeoEye. GeoEye thinks that it's good to have an exclusive deal with Google.

Build your own satellite and sell the data to whomever you want.

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Re: When does the whistleblower claim that Google works for NSA?

said by jjoshua:
said by JasonOD :

You've got it wrong TK. Google is the beneficiary of this Government's taxpayer built and funded satellite launch. What a croc!
GeoEye is a commercial venture, right? What does taxpayer funding have to do with this? »www.geoeye.com/CorpSite/ ··· ult.aspx

The Gov't contracted with GeoEye and Google contracted with GeoEye. GeoEye thinks that it's good to have an exclusive deal with Google.

Build your own satellite and sell the data to whomever you want.
from the news item:
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O'Connell said the $502 million satellite, built partly with money from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
It isn't just a CONTRACT. The US funded its construction.
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Re: When does the whistleblower claim that Google works for NSA?

Yes, the satellite was built with money that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency once owned, but they paid that money to GeoEye so that they could get real-time satellite imagery from GeoEye. Did you expect GeoEye to just give the government the data for free? Don't believe in the free-enterprise system? Would you be happier if the government simply took the information from GeoEye without compensation? Maybe, in your world, we should all just bow down to the government and give them all our earnings and just be happy to live. Have a good day comrade.
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Yippie!!!

Now I can see my roof in greater detail!
I actually prefer MS MapPoint, where the satellite image is angled to where you can actually recognize landmarks.
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Cool

As a Google Maps/Earth lover, I'm excited.

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Google = Government Spying

Are you sure that Google is not just an entity developed by the CIA to monitor most internet information?

Robert
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Skynet..

is being built right before our eyes!

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It wasn't a Google satellite;but US spy sat funded by gov't

Google Satellite Successfully Launched

Actually the title of this item is misleading. It was a satellite built for and funded by the US Gov't spy agencies. Google gets rights to slightly lower resolution images and the money they pay will help underwrite the costs of the system.

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Re: It wasn't a Google satellite;but US spy sat funded by gov't

said by FFH5:

Google Satellite Successfully Launched

Actually the title of this item is misleading. It was a satellite built for and funded by the US Gov't spy agencies. Google gets rights to slightly lower resolution images and the money they pay will help underwrite the costs of the system.
»news.cnet.com/8301-1023_ ··· -93.html

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cia search engine NEEDS YOU

yes the cia search engine needs your help to spy and furthar lesson your rights and freedoms.

Skynet btw has existed since the 70's so whatever.

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What about copyright?

If google takes a pic of your property and uses it to sell something shouldn't you get a cut?
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Re: What about copyright?

nope because except for a few cases their pictures are taken from public land, and in the case of orbit its nobody's land. if i could get space in orbit and had the money i could legally launch an imaging sat and snap photos of anyone's land i want and not have to pay them a cent.

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Google World YEA

I certainly hope Google takes over the world. I believe we would have a much better sphere of inhabitance if it was controlled by Google rather than the whorish, self-aggrandizing idiots currently in every public office and running most major corporations.

And I like high resolution views of my roof.

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Quality limitations

"GeoEye-1 will be able to capture images at .41 meters (16 inches) resolution in black and white and 1.65 meters (5.5 feet) in color, but under current government rules, the company can only offer the public half-meter (1.64 feet) images."

I would love to see the ".41 meters (16 inches)". That would surely be interesting.

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Re: Quality limitations

Next thing u know u will see ure self having sex via satilite lol.
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only if you are dumb enough to do it outside during the day in the back yard with a clear view to the sky. in which case have fun being a google earth find!

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um yea.

And they fund all this with Google's ads? LOL!
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great looking launch, too

Watched it while my bro was driving north on the 101 just outside of Santa Barbara.

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Why has Google launched a satellite into space?

The cover: To provide Commercial Super High Definition Satellite imagery.

The plot: To begin a "legitmate" operation that sells images to public sector clients. However, the private sector (military, government agencies) will be the main focus, forming government contracts worth millions if not more.

(Reaks of Haliburton BushCheney and setting things up for the rebublican front runner to continue what has been for the last 7 years.)

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Re: Why has Google launched a satellite into space?

New target for china!
»www.popularmechanics.com ··· 443.html

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what every one should do daily

goto back yard
drop pants
moon the sky

and so what you are saying is that as long as it isnt physically in front a me as in on a HD or what not then no copyright...

NEW p2p development has music stored IN SPACE....
yes folks fuck the mpaa/riaa , they cant own it NO ONE DOES.

haha. Watch for new laws to come in about a week proclaiming hollywood to PWN the skiy, space and whatever else is left up there arses.

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Not that great resolution

Compared with the resolution of imagery that google already has on major cities from aircraft based cameras, this will be markedly underwhelming. However it will bring all remote areas of the globe up to a decent minimum resolution.

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Is it time...

to start leaving messages on my roof?

Or even better, get a whole neighborhood to do a letter per roof? Maybe town-wide ASCII art?