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		jonah on April 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Open California: an archive of free high-quality s... Not terribly high-resolution, still nice to have a free source.

dbcurtis on April 5, 2016 [–]

That is an understatement. Google maps satellite images are much, much higher resolution.

foota on April 5, 2016 | [–]

I could be mistaken, but I believe some of the higher res imagery is from airplanes.

bahro on April 5, 2016 | | [–]

Yep, Planet Labs uses tiny satellites. Their resolution advantage is temporal, not spatial.

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