"Taking Pictures from Space" Topic

Canon has placed a Canon 5D Mark III device with 40cm telescope on a CE-SAT-1 satellite in orbit around the earth that can be used by customers to take pictures from space. Supposedly it provides "a 36-inch ground resolution within a 3x2 mile frame." Wonder if that is good enough for use in printing game mats? If so, you can imagine the possibilities.

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Here's the Canon link: link

Should have mentioned you can only take pictures of what the satellite is currently seeing.

Excellent! I need a picture of Rabaul and Simpson Harbor.

This will probably be shut down shortly by multiple governments for privacy and security violations, so enjoy it while it lasts.

Ah, phooey, I probably can't get shots of anything I care about. The areas you can select on the interactive map are all pre-approved.

Big surprise there, Yellow Admiral. Governments tend to be a little sensitive about such things--and they cooperate with one another on the issue. That said, period maps are often available digitally, and print shops can run them off to a specified size, which means you can determine the scale. A thumb drive, a piece of 3/8" plywood, a little glue and some mod podge, that there's your game map.

I once distributed Google satellite photos of the battlefield for a Viking era game I was running. Of course, that was more a tactical level map than a game mat scale thing.

Grelber