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People have seen far too many movies and dramatic TV shows. What point is there to have a satellite snapping images of the middle of the Indian Ocean constantly? It's just a waste of resources.But, I'd be highly doubtful any country had a satellite snapping images of the middle of nowhere.
It's NOT in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Take a look at this site, if you want, and click in the filters to show ships in the area, etc. It has the search site in the drop down box. There are ships going through there all the time. You can see where it is in relation to the coast of Australia. Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions - AIS Marine Traffic
I don't watch movies or tv shows or read books about this. I am just thinking of seeing satellite pictures on here, and on the news before, and how so much of the data seems to have come from information from satellites.
It's NOT in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Take a look at this site, if you want, and click in the filters to show ships in the area, etc. It has the search site in the drop down box. There are ships going through there all the time. You can see where it is in relation to the coast of Australia. Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions - AIS Marine Traffic
I don't watch movies or tv shows or read books about this. I am just thinking of seeing satellite pictures on here, and on the news before, and how so much of the data seems to have come from information from satellites.
What I'm saying is that there's no good need to have satellites snapping photos of that area on any given day. Even if they did, they probably wouldn't be of the resolution to distinguish junk from aircraft debris. There's this Hollywood-impressed idea on most people that we have satellites capable of constant, worldwide, high resolution imagery.
You wouldn't need high-resolution imagery. If there were satellite images from that date to look at, and the plane had crashed there, there would probably be some evidence. It could be junk or it could be airplane debris, but if it was in that spot, from that date, I would be assuming it was from the plane. Isn't it worth a shot? I mean, there is nothing else to go on at this point besides the submersible that is going to map out the seabed. Of course, I don't know how many satellites there are overhead that might be capable of this.
What I'm saying is that there's no good need to have satellites snapping photos of that area on any given day. Even if they did, they probably wouldn't be of the resolution to distinguish junk from aircraft debris. There's this Hollywood-impressed idea on most people that we have satellites capable of constant, worldwide, high resolution imagery.
OK now I'm confused...I was with fuzzy on this one. I thought they were getting satellite images of the suspected area since the aircraft disappeared.....wasn't there even a website for people to look for themselves? Or am I mixing up two separate incidents?
OK now I'm confused...I was with fuzzy on this one. I thought they were getting satellite images of the suspected area since the aircraft disappeared.....wasn't there even a website for people to look for themselves? Or am I mixing up two separate incidents?
OK now I'm confused...I was with fuzzy on this one. I thought they were getting satellite images of the suspected area since the aircraft disappeared.....wasn't there even a website for people to look for themselves? Or am I mixing up two separate incidents?
That was a privately owned company that redirected their satellites to the Straits of Malacca within days of the crash. Those satellites took "high resolution" imagery (it was still very difficult to determine what you were looking at) of that entire area between Malaysia, Vietnam, and the surrounding area and used TomNod to crowd source reviewing the imagery.
Remember... They were initially looking for it in the Straits of Malacca because they hadn't yet found out about the Imarsat engine reporting ping seven hours later. It wasn't until something like two weeks into it they started looking at the current search area. And their initial search in that area was way off. A typhoon had already blown through the current crash area by the time they even got close.
^^^^^ thanks for the explanation^^^
I can't keep up with all the changes as time drags on. Those poor families. They don't even get the courtesy of being able to grieve; every day a new revelation or a retraction of an earlier claim. Right now they are interviewing the guy who dove to the Titanic. He has some interesting things to say.
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