It is the latest in a series of spacecraft designed to beam back high-resolution pictures of our planet, images that most of us will eventually see on Google Maps or Google Earth.

Spinning around the planet some 600 kilometres (370 miles) above us, it will cover every part of the Earth’s surface every couple of days.īall Aerospace in Boulder, Colorado is building WorldView-3 for commercial satellite operator DigitalGlobe. Once in orbit later this year, WorldView-3 will be one of the most powerful Earth observation satellites ever sent into space by a private company. 'Google Earth is built from a broad range of imagery providers, including public, government, commercial and private sector sources – some of which may blur images before they supply it to us.Behind a long rectangular window, in a high white room tended by ghostly figures in masks and hats, a new satellite is taking shape. It added that Google Earth is built from a broad range of imagery providers, including public, government, commercial and private sector sources and that sometimes images are blurred before they are made available for Google to use.Ī Google spokesperson said: 'Google does not itself blur satellite imagery. hah.'Īnother Reddit user responded: 'I imagine they had Google blur their house on StreetView (ya know, for privacy) but Google wouldn't do it for Satellite View, as it is done by third party providers. 'EDIT: Looking again on DuckDuckGo, looks like they were or are trying to change it to say 'EAT S**T'. like the paint ran after a while and makes it look messed up. looking at it in Bing Maps, it looks the same as Apple Maps. 'What's funny is that, while you can't see it clearly, it looks completely different on Apple Maps satellite view.

Posting their finding on January 25, the Reddit user said: 'They've had their property image blurred from StreetView as well. Google will permanently blur properties on street view for privacy reasons, but not on its satellite view which has resulted in the fuming homeowner writing 'F**k you' on their roof. The property in Neese Lane in Moss Point, Mississippi, US, is blurred when on street view, although it is not blurred on satellite.

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