Towards daily imaging of Spaceship Earth

I love this. I would donate, and continue to donate for as long as the interface progresses.

Something I would definitely pay membership for: The ability to see before & after photos for any two points in time, anywhere, with the ability for users to create wiki-like entries on points or sets of points on the globe. I'd just love the ability to learn about what's going around spaceship earth, and there ought to be a way for locals to become more active towards conservation efforts.

Also, if there were a live version some time in the future, it would be cool to have a live globe to see where the clouds are. Severe drought in California, and I've been wanting to see where the clouds are headed.

I'm a little surprised this isn't getting more attention. Check out these photos:

https://www.planet.com/pulse/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dove...

https://www.planet.com/pulse/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_...

The size of their satellites just makes this feel so tangible. Kudos to their team.

An early user of Google Earth, I still remember being blown away completely when I first saw it (repeatedly wondering and debating with friends: how did they do that!?). Since then, I have always wondered when and if those images were updated? Could this project be used to get a real-time stream of 'earth from above' one day, for everyone to see? This project is quite amazing - thank you for sharing this.

Sweet words indeed from the post: we’re on a mission to image the whole world, every day and provide universal access to it...fresh and frequently updated, global imagery..

A very random thought: what if one day we have cameras streaming real-time pictures, and what if they could be turned the 'other way', would it be possible to see space in real-time?

SkyBox (aquired by Google) is one step further with their satellite videos: http://www.skyboximaging.com/ but it's good to see some competition.

It looks like it's just question of time (and privacy) until we have Google Maps with satellite videos.

That is very cool :)

I would love to know/read more about the technical side. However i can't find any info about that at all.

Like how do they point the satellites? With thrusters?

How much time does one of their satellites have before it goes down?