DigitalGlobe — one of the worlds major suppliers of satellite imagery — announced this week that its been granted permission by the US Department of Commerce to sell the highest-resolution photos that it can muster out of its constellation of five eyes in the sky. The government has historically limited public sales of satellite photos to a resolution of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) out of national security concerns, but DigitalGlobe has been pushing for a change to the policy for some time. Many of DigitalGlobes customers are already government agencies which are unaffected by the rule change, but notably, Google counts itself as a client.
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