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I saw some samples of this last week at the International Map Trade
Association's European convention.  However the samples I saw were all
2-meter resolution, and I was told that that was as good as it got.  Pretty
good looking imagery, but not cheap.
 
Russell Guy
Omni Resources
 
At 02:26 PM 2/17/97 EST, you wrote:
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>Not cheap but interesting. Does anyone know more about this?
>
>Ingo Gunther
>Worldprocessor
>
>MICROSOFT TO OFFER RUSSIAN SPY PHOTOS
>Microsoft has contracted with North Carolina-based Aerial Images to publish
>very high resolution (to one meter) photographs snapped by Russian spy
>satellites.  The photos, which were all taken during the 1990s, are the
>first Russian-satellite-origin pictures to appear on the Internet, says
>Aerial's VP.  The initial photos to appear on Microsoft's Web site will show
>Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Rome and London.  The photos
>may be downloaded for a charge of $30 per square kilometer, with the
>proceeds to be split between Aerial and the Russian space agency.  The
>images are likely to be used by mapping services, construction companies and
>developers, forestry workers and government agencies, says Aerial.  (Wall
>Street Journal 13 Feb 97)
>
 
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