It would be damned difficult to use satellites to find a person or even a group of people in the timespan of a meeting. It's not the resolution capabilities that are lacking but the ability to process that much information. Some of the Iraqi presidential palaces alone are 10 square mile complexes and I'm guessing meetings are not regularly held there. Stated resolution on the best satellites are, I believe, a few inches. How many square inches in Baghdad though? With about 4 billion square inches per square mile you'll need more than the will of Allah to help you. What process would you use to sort through all the satellite data in a few hours?
I can't even find Waldo sometimes and he's on a 94 inch square piece of paper and is conveniently dressed in red and white stripes.
Last edited by Colin at Feb 3 2003, 09:02 AM
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