Hi Folks,
thought this might interest you.
Al Silverberg
Moderator web-consultants
>Satellite pictures now just a click away
>
>
> By Jim Wolf
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Until recently the exclusive realm of
>top brass and spies, sharp satellite pictures went on sale
>Tuesday to anyone with a credit card and Internet access.
> The images, available for as little as $7.95, appear on a
>new Microsoft web site, known as the TerraServer
>(www.terraserver.microsoft.com).
> The site bills itself as the world's largest Web database,
>most detailed global atlas and a prime example of how technology
>is yielding quick access to an incredible wealth of information.
> It was to be formally unveiled Wednesday at Federal
>Enterprise Day, an event for government computer experts.
> The debut of the on-line archive marks a new step toward
>ending the monopoly that the national security establishments of
>advanced countries held on the fruit of spying from space for
>nearly four decades.
> With such ``two-meter resolution,'' a viewer would be able
>to search for a shot of a neighbor's back yard, for instance,
>and download it directly to a desktop computer.
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