Satellites Spy On Black Friday Shoppers 171
MojoKid writes "Those satellites in space don't just take spy pictures. On this Black Friday 2010, they actually took pictures of you, and your rush to Black Friday shopping deals. The research is being done to see what consumer demand this year means for retail stocks. The trend, so far, has been favorable. The companies involved in this are Remote Sensing Metrics and Digital Globe. Remote Sensing Metrics is a Chicago-based consulting firm that analyzes the satellite imagery. In turn, it purchases those images from Colorado-based company Digital Globe, which operates its own satellites."
Yeah, You, Specifically (Score:4, Informative)
Digital Globe has a flikr feed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalglobe-imagery/ [flickr.com]
Re:To everyone under 30 (Score:4, Informative)
These images are collected by privately owned satellites, not the National Reconnaissance Office.
Re:To everyone under 30 (Score:1, Informative)
Now it means "X miles per hour over the limit, pay this large fine"
The officers themselves are no longer free to make judgment calls, because they themselves are under surveillance.