Ah, I see the 'Satellite companies proving yesterday's...

Ah, I see the 'Satellite companies proving yesterday's images and claiming it's helping fighting active fires' is back

VIS, NIR, SWIR, cool tech, but not really helping the firefighting effort when it's published with the watermark on social media, eh?

Like 10 January at 6:39 | Open on mapstodon.space

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To paraphrase: We gave partial data, a day later.

Does he think there's no other way for the city and emergency services to know what burned, where, and how many people were affected?

I really don't get this kind of mindset. And they're not the only ones doing it.

and WTH is "X% Damaged" How does that help anyone besides insurance claims after the fire - which as we know - is still ongoing.

"critical insights to aid recovery efforts" Fuck techbros

10 January at 7:02 | Open on mapstodon.space

Hey, multibillion dollar tech companies, want to help emergencies?

1) give free, no strings attached, access to the relevant data, to emergency services and the public.
2) donate to local services, money or supplies.
3) stop lobbying politicians to exasperate climate change you earth destroying growth mindset ghouls.
4) Stop virtue signaling on social media, it's cringe.

10 January at 7:07 | Open on mapstodon.space