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on camera 300 GOOGLE MAPS TECHNOLOGY SOME SATELLITES IN SPACE
HAS PINPOINTED
CAN SEE OBJECTS JUST
5 IN (12 CM)
DANGEROUS LAND MINES
times a day IN POSTWAR KOSOVO (12 CM) WIDE ON EARTH
5 IN
This has allowed mines to be cleared safely.
Observation satellites are like
Google Maps is the most used smartphone
gather information for weather forecasting,
application in the world. It combines giant telescopes pointed at Earth. They
satellite, aerial, and street level imagery. mapmaking, and environmental monitoring.
Do surveillance
cameras
improve
people’s
behavior?
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