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On winter time satellite imagery as a global layer (or covering all the major mountain ranges): One of the biggest obstacles here is cost of the data acquisition. If the imagery was available low-loud cover, high resolution, then the other problem is that the mass majority of it in places like the Colorado Rockies, the Tien Shan, the Swiss Alps... is rural or uninhabited space. Similar to imagery over the ocean, it's part of the "imaging the whole planet every day/week/month" type of dataset. But the cost per square kilometer will be on par with imagery covering the UK, Miami, Japan, etc. Quite high priced! 5x4 km probably $600 let's say. It seems to me that satellite imagery has this issue where sometimes a vast amount of landscape is imaged, then a tiny % of the individual tiles is able to be sold to recoup costs and aim to be profitable. That or a full dataset is sold, but of course only a minority of it is the most useful. The imagery which is not sold is not often discounted to try to achieve a more attractive price. Price depends on resolution, not value of the "real estate". When "mining" the earth for information and imagery, why not highly value the golden nuggets (areas of strong interest) and discount the dirt and silt that are byproducts? I believe the answer is because value emerges later, you don't want to discount middle of nowhere imagery that doesn't get regularly purchase in case somebody comes up with a suddenly strong interest in it where they are willing to pay a high price today, despite yesterday not being interested.

Winter time satellite imagery! Would anyone find this useful as a paid product? This is a topic that has interested me for some time as a skier and alpine dweller. It's hard to find a high resolution snow covered view of landscapes except by accident. There are few services that show satellite imagery with snow cover by default, though FATMAP (by Strava) has it (with lots of sun glare) and I think onXmaps, Inc. has a "recent conditions" layer. I have had some trouble with finding a lot of good resolution winter imagery on SkyFi but more providers coming online may help--I would hope to clearly be able to see ski pistes, or ploughed roads, other smaller details. I envision this being something cool to share and financially support by making a tile layer that works with an access key subscription. I think the main challenge is perhaps some different issues than normal when making mosaics, especially reducing sun glare or attempting to have consistent snow coverage across tiles. Would you find a working winter satellite imagery layer/endpoint useful in your own apps and workflows? #eochat #satelliteimagery #gis #gischat #geospatial #esri #skiing #aerialimagery #photogrammetry

Nomad Design Tackle’s first patented technology is Auto Tune. A system that at the time it was patented was designed to help diving lures (plugs) to troll deeper, faster and straighter. The Auto Tune technology has since gone on to be integrated into several lures with different applications from the high speed Madmacs that was made famous in the Bluefin fisheries in the US, through to smaller twitch and jerk bait lures like the Madscad and the Maverick. The most recent lure to feature Auto Tune is the Madscad 190 AT. A lure originally designed to be cast for Giant Trevally has now evolved into one of the fastest trolling hard baits on the planet with speeds in excess of 20 knots. Standby for more iterations of this technology as it flows into many different fishing applications in the coming years. #nomaddesign #autotune #fishing #patentedtechnology

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More than toothy grins, sharks have spots! Sand tiger sharks have unique, identifiable spot patterns which scientists use to identify individual animals. The spot patterns, visible along the sides of the photographed sharks, are like a fingerprint identification to track data on their movement and behavior over time. Support this important research by uploading pictures of sharks you have seen while diving to spotasharkusa.com. #ConservationTuesday

Rulers of the Air and Water: Revealing the Dragonfly's Life Cycle Dragonflies, with their sparkling wings, amazing varieties, and gymnastic flight designs, have enraptured mankind for a really long time. Frequently confused with damselflies, their more modest cousins, dragonflies are flying hunters, administering the skies close to freshwater natural surroundings. Their life cycle, be that as it may, unfurls in the air as well as inside the watery profundities. This article dives into the entrancing excursion of a dragonfly, from a lowered egg to a glorious expert of the skies. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eP4Nh2hS

WHAT’S QUIETER THAN A FISH? A SCHOOL OF THEM The new findings by The Johns Hopkins University engineers working with a high-tech simulation of schooling #mackerel, offers new insight into why #fish swim in schools and promise for the design and operation of much quieter #submarines and autonomous #underseavehicles. #marinescience #marineresearch https://lnkd.in/eavbNfEC

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WHAT’S QUIETER THAN A FISH? A SCHOOL OF THEM The new findings by The Johns Hopkins University engineers working with a high-tech simulation of schooling #mackerel, offers new insight into why #fish swim in schools and promise for the design and operation of much quieter #submarines and autonomous #underseavehicles. #marinescience #marineresearch https://lnkd.in/edXn5WDp

WHAT’S QUIETER THAN A FISH? A SCHOOL OF THEM The new findings by The Johns Hopkins University engineers working with a high-tech simulation of schooling #mackerel, offers new insight into why #fish swim in schools and promise for the design and operation of much quieter #submarines and autonomous #underseavehicles. #marinescience #marineresearch https://lnkd.in/edXn5WDp