Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by Wolf359
Originally Posted by atikovi
Originally Posted by cpayne5
Drive down the road to the Pentagon and ask nicely.
I'm not aware of any realtime aerials available to the public.
Since I don't work at NORAD, not possible. Wasn't GPS highly regulated by the government until it was offered in cars? I can imagine this being along the same lines. What more misuse could there be than currently available traffic cams and webcams. Any sensitive areas could automatically be blurred out like they already do.
GPS wasn't regulated, it just had some limitations some of which I believe are still in effect. It's a satellite signal so hard for them to block it. They had select availability which reduced the accuracy of the GPS signal, but they turned that off so it's more accurate but still has accuracy issues due to weather patterns and other issues with the signal. Still has some limitations like not working when going over 1000mph, that's so missiles can't use, otherwise not an issue even when flying. You should try it when you're on a plane, pretty interesting getting your ground speed and watching it go nuts trying figure out a driving route when you're over a lake.
It's big bucks to get a real time satellite image. If you could do it for the entire US, it'd cut down on a lot of crime. Probably why it has to be one of the most outrageous request ever on here.
Isn't using a GPS on a commercial airliner prohibited like cellphones are? And I thought I saw them doing this on CSI Miami a while back to monitor a bad guy on the highway. BTW, I wasn't requesting this, just asking if it is available. Why is it outrageous? Aren't millions of telephone calls, TV shows, remote car unlocking, etc. done with satellites? Having realtime images would be the next logical step beyond the current dated images.
Somewhat grey area. It's really a receiver, not a transmitter. Plus airplanes can have their own GPS also. Lots of devices like a tablet have built in GPS systems and even if your phone is on airplane mode, GPS may still work, never tried it.
Logical to you if you don't know anything about technology. Do you know how much data is involved in a picture, let alone real time imaging? Do you know how much data you take up just streaming a TV show? Do you know how much data it would take to provide real time streaming of street level detail for the entire US? And how much it would cost for all that?