Apparently the camera can stream live video: https://www.earthcam.net/products/gigapixelcamx80.php
There would probably be some privacy issues with streaming a city live though
There would probably be some privacy issues with streaming a city live though
And the distance doesn't really help the privacy implications if the resolution is big enough that you can zoom in far enough to identify individual humans. Then again, expectations of privacy outside and at locations visible from outside are probably going to be violated at some point anyway.
I feel like if I'd be a potential buyer of such a camera I'd also be in the position to install many cameras in many places and get a better perspective.
What's this give you? Passive iris scanning at a distance maybe? An ability to read people's phone screens? What's the problem this is solving?
I mean at its most fundamental level, this is a future historical document. It’s easy to imagine why that is “useful” or “what problems it solves.”
e.g., https://1940s.nyc/map
I'm fairly certain it was never really used by customers, but the executive team LOVED it, so any time the API failed (usually needed to upgrade the API client because of a breaking change), it was an all hands on deck and a middle of the night/weekend patch.
https://petapixel.com/2021/04/27/this-120-gigapixel-photo-is...