Digital Cameras: Sony Developing Gigapixel Satellite Camera, Google Earth to Benefit

posted by  timmarhy (59)  15 months ago (feeds.gawker.com)

Taking pictures from space takes a lot of tech power. Basically, you need to take many, many pictures and then stitch them together to get anything worthwhile, such as the photos taken for Google Earth. In order to battle the issues that come up with this method (vehicles showing up in multiple shots as they move, etc), Sony is developing a monster Gigapixel resolution camera for satellites that'll be able to take gigantic pictures in one shot.

Working together with researchers from the University of Alabama, they've created a seriously wide-angle lens that can capture a 6.2-square-mile area from an altitude of 4.7 miles with a resolution