like a webcam?
2006-07-04 20:38:34 · 9 answers · asked by 【ツ】ρεαcε! 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If you're looking for a high-resolution satellite image, terraserver.microsoft.com may be the best. It's not "live," but it is free and the photos are clear. The TerraServer interface lets you select a location by geographical coordinates, place name, or by clicking a spot on a world map; then you can zoom in or out. Not all corners of the globe are documented, but your U.S. hometown is probably there.
Microsoft implemented this archive to provide access to satellite images created by the USGS and Spin-2. At the USGS site, we learned about digital orthophoto quadrangles or DOQs -- aerial photos in digital format. DOQs are used in a variety of geographic information systems (GIS) as the base for illustrating different kinds of data.
Spin-2, on the other hand, offers commercial satellite imagery from declassified Russian images as part of a Russian-American collaborative venture. If you need to purchase photographs or download digital data from TerraServer, you'll find this a cost-effective alternative to custom aerial photography for business or scientific applications.
Flying so high with a spy in the sky has never been easier. If you like the view from afar, be sure to browse the Earth Pictures subcategory of Yahoo!'s Astronomy category for other great snapshots from up above it all.
you can get satillite image taken an hour before for wether purpose in sites like sat.dundee.ac.uk for that you have registor and get a password
2006-07-04 20:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by deepak r 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, this technology isn't yet available to the public. even the still pictures on google earth are a few years old. you won't see this sort of thing for many years and even then it would start with one satellite focused on one spot. the earth is a very big place so the number of satellites needed to be able to give anyone pictures of anywhere they choose at any time would be many many many many more times the number that are currently up there.
2006-07-04 20:43:58 · answer #2 · answered by jibba.jabba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
2006-07-04 20:42:24 · answer #3 · answered by Laura Palmer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Google Earth is not live. Like the others said unless you have special access you will probably not see live images any time soon. Try a tracking device maybe that will help ....lol
2006-07-04 20:47:33 · answer #4 · answered by cherrijo79 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not yet... but one day we will, I guess...
BTW, Google Earth IS NOT LIVE! If it was, half the planet would be in darkness, wouldn't it? The image of my neighbourhood is about a year old, judging by now completed construction sites etc.
2006-07-04 23:08:16 · answer #5 · answered by Xraydelta1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO.
The only cameras offering live feeds of Earth are government operated spy cameras. Unless you figure out how to hack into one forget it.
2006-07-04 20:42:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of something called Google Earth??...If not, then check out this link
www.earth.google.com
2006-07-05 01:13:45 · answer #7 · answered by Vasudha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.earth.google.com
2006-07-04 21:54:49 · answer #8 · answered by ADITYA S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.earth.google.com
2006-07-04 20:41:38 · answer #9 · answered by Diamond 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋