If you have used its mapping services Google (Google Maps) and his Bing, you will know that they offer ground plans from satellite that are quite impressive. So you can zoom out all over the world, up to a point though. The point allowed by the analysis. As it seems, this will soon change as the US government relaxed the regulations that limited the high resolution of images to mapping services. So soon we will have even more impressive floor plans from the satellite.
How can it be done? A new satellite, called Worldview-3, will begin sending information The next days. The satellite cameras have the ability to take pictures in very high resolution. This means that we will be able to see even the mailboxes with Google or Bing maps.
According to Gizmodo, the satellite belongs to DigitalGlobe and Google and Bing are already customers of the company. The cameras will watch from 383 height miles above the earth and send back detailed pictures. We can not yet know whether this poses a threat to the protection of our privacy. Taking into account that high-resolution mapping services are likely to be featured by individuals, privacy groups are likely to be busy.
