Online maps to get sharper images of earth
Later this summer, a new commercial satellite called the GeoEye-1 will make its way to Earth's orbit. The satellite will provide the clearest images yet -- objects as small as home plate on a baseball diamond will be visible. The government, in fact, will ban GeoEye from selling the higest resolution images to commercial customers because the detail could present national security problems.
The images will make for better pictures on the online map services of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
