New satellite photos will detail your world view

Your view of the world through Google Maps is about to get a little better as a new satellite starts beaming down imagery of our planet. DigitalGlobe, which supplies imagery to Google Maps and several other customers, has begun gathering data from the new WorldView-4 satellite the company launched on November 11. Its first public image, taken on November 26, is of Japan's Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo. Satellite imagery, once only affordable to military and intelligence agencies with huge budgets and a powerful desire to peer at world affairs, now has become a relatively routine part of industry. More

(Source: CNET - Dec 3)