Why does nobody open source near real time satellite imagery

7 points by pyguysf 12y ago ↗ HN

I would love to help the search for MH370 but would need satellite imagery from recent images (ala digital globe) why won't they release the raw images and let us crunch away to try to find potential debris?

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bobfirestone 12y ago ↗

The companies that own the satellite images are not running charities.

pyguysf 12y ago ↗

because pictures of ocean must be otherwise incredibly popular.

ig1 12y ago ↗

DigitalGlobe are running a crowdsearching project to search their imagery: http://www.tomnod.com/nod/