morning,I thought lovers of nearmap might find this interesting...

morning,

I thought lovers of nearmap might find this interesting - it is one application I never thought of at all.
It is a damm good idea imo

came from nbc (public) via the eureka report.

have a good weekend

Pinto

"Big Finance is watching you As part of a growing trend among hedge funds and Wall Street firms, Cold War-style satellite surveillance is being used to gather market-moving information. The surveillance pictures are often provided by private-sector companies that build and launch satellites and take pictures for US government intelligence agency clients and private-sector satellite analysis firms UBS Investment Research recently issued an earnings preview for Wal-Mart that publicly revealed the bank had been using satellite services to gather the comings and goings of the parking lots at Wal-Mart stores By counting the cars in Wal-Marts parking lots month in and month out, analysts were able to get a fix on the companys customer flow. From there, they worked up a mathematical regression to come up with a prediction of the companys quarterly revenue each month Analysts are doing the same surveillance on several other big names in the US, including Home Depot, Lowes, and McDonalds. (CNBC, August 20)"