Firm offers hi-res satellite imagery of crime scenes

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James Oberg - 11 Nov 2003 08:16 GMT

Firm offers hi-res satellite imagery of crime scenes

The site http://www.iig-associates.com/imagery.html

claims it can find you satellite license-plate photographs of crime scenes
in the past ten years.

Or at least, if you PAY them, they can LOOK for such pictures.

Are they a TOTAL scam?

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Alan Erskine - 12 Nov 2003 01:31 GMT

> Firm offers hi-res satellite imagery of crime scenes
>
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>
> Are they a TOTAL scam?

This says it all:
"At a 2 metre resolution it is possible to read a vehicle license plate. "

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Paul Blay - 13 Nov 2003 09:17 GMT

> "James Oberg" <jamesoberg@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> > Firm offers hi-res satellite imagery of crime scenes
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> This says it all:
> "At a 2 metre resolution it is possible to read a vehicle license plate. "

Hey! If you're going to quote, do it properly.

"At a 2 metre resolution it is possible to read a vehicle license plate.
.. provided the vehicle in question is 30 metres tall."

(Hmm, never thought I'd see an alt.conspiracy cross-post in a
moderated group ;-)

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Geoff Cashman - 13 Nov 2003 16:10 GMT

>> Firm offers hi-res satellite imagery of crime scenes
>>
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>This says it all:
>"At a 2 metre resolution it is possible to read a vehicle license plate. "

Bwhaahhahahha! *Maybe* if it was scaled up to be a proportional size for
a supertanker!

-Geoff

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DM - 13 Nov 2003 16:32 GMT

I've never quite understood how they can read a licence plate from space,
unless the plate is ontop of the vehicle that is.

Surely it is at the wrong orientation to be readable from so high up?

Can somebody explain this please?

> > Firm offers hi-res satellite imagery of crime scenes
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> Iraq, America's new Vietnam

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Kevin Willoughby - 14 Nov 2003 04:38 GMT

> I've never quite understood how they can read a licence plate from space,
> unless the plate is ontop of the vehicle that is.
>
> Surely it is at the wrong orientation to be readable from so high up?

True. On the other hand, it is common practice for 14-screen trucks, cop
cars and the like to have big (2 foot high) identification numbers
painted onto the roof of the vehicle. This *is* readable from good
satellite images.

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Derek Lyons - 18 Nov 2003 01:28 GMT

>> I've never quite understood how they can read a licence plate from space,
>> unless the plate is ontop of the vehicle that is.
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>painted onto the roof of the vehicle. This *is* readable from good
>satellite images.

Not at the 2 meter resolutions the website offers in the fine print.

D.

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