Imagery satellites have come a long way since the Corona/Discovery program.  Nowadays, there is so much more an imagery bird can deliver—and that’s what DigitalGlobe is giving to its customers. Before going on, I just want to clarify my reasons, again, for covering DigitalGlobe in this series.  Primarily, they make it easy to find things.  […]

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