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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—™๐—ถโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ?

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ: Satellites orbit at hundreds of kilometers; aerial uses planes, drones, or balloons at a few kilometers.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Aerial imagery can reach 7โ€“10 cm GSD; satellites top out around 30 cm (commercial) or 15 cm for special programs.

๐—–๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ & ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†: Satellites cover the globe with daily revisits; aerial is localized and updated less often.

๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: Satellite imagery is global and on-demand; aerial is limited to surveyed areas and may take longer to task new collections.

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