I wish Planet had better pricing for nonprofits. I co-run a conservation nonprofit focused on deforestation in Latin America, and our affordable choices are between 2 year old Google Earth imagery, 10m resolution Nimbo imagery (ok, but not sufficiently detailed to be evidentiary), and Sentinel 1 SAR data, which is useful but very noisy. Planet quoted us something like $30k per year for a strip of coastline that represents something like 5% of the territory we're monitoring, so it's just not a viable option under their current pricing model.
Refreshingly doesn't feel like AI. If someone asked me "what does software engineering look like", I would point to this.
Pictured with three of the worst russophobes and most rabid euro warmongers.<p>Such a shame.
This is cool, learned of two new file extensions: .tle and .parquet
Are most of their currently operating satellites servicing Flock - the US surveillance company? Or is it just a naming accident?
Flock is Planet Labs name for the mega-constellation of imaging satellites made up of 3U cubesats known as Doves- hence the name for the full constellation. It has nothing to do with the automated license plate reader company.
Their satellites have nothing to do with the street-level surveillance camera firm.
The latter I would think. I can see how you can confuse the two. The reason I think otherwise is because you don't name the satellite after one client, especially if you're in the business of selling images/data, not satellites. And a flock of satellites make sense for a name.