satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never have them all — and consults satellite imagery, searching for green groves that seem decently accessible and haven’t been scorched by fire.
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Nvidia’s powerful GPUs can be used for processing and analyzing satellite imagery and data.
—Vikram Barhat, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
This is then compared against a database of terrain fingerprints generated from satellite imagery, which is stored on the vehicle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Created using satellite imagery captured at 6:16 a.m.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Nvidia’s powerful GPUs can be used for processing and analyzing satellite imagery and data.
—Vikram Barhat, CNBC, 30 Nov. 2024
This is then compared against a database of terrain fingerprints generated from satellite imagery, which is stored on the vehicle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
Created using satellite imagery captured at 6:16 a.m.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Satellite imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20imagery. Accessed 20 Dec. 2024.
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