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Sensor and fact checking link of the morning

2025-10-17 18:17:39.810418+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

As it becomes more and more important to cross-correlate information, resources like this are handy: Bellingcat: Seeing More With Satellite Imagery Using Band Combinations, Ratios and Indices.

Via this thread about wildfires in Namibia's Etosha National Park, which also references Sun Calc for matching shadows to location and time of day.

Related, I ran across mention that I can't find right now about tracking wildlife with devices that are a photosensor and a clock, that with enough samples you can figure out geolocation from essentially length of day and time. On doing a few searches, I find enough vendors that a link to anything feels superfluous. That's a cool way to lighten your sensor package and not have to resort to GPS.

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