High Res Timelapse

Apps / Services
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My apologies if this is in the wrong category.

I’m interested in using the satellite timelapse feature in a short documentary to highlight urbanization and seasonal changes. The timelapse I managed to produce was very cool but I really want higher res.

  1. Is there anyway to get higher res timelapses?

  2. Can this footage be licensed to use for things like documentaries?

Thanks

Gunther

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Hi Gunther,
for higher res you would need to check either PlanetScope (3 meters, compared to 10-meters Sentinel-2), SPOT (1.5m ) or Pleiades (0.5m). However, with higher resolution there is much less data available, typically only few times a year. I somehow doubt you would find enough data for a proper time-lapse. PlanetScope is an exception as it has almost daily data, but it is available just for a couple of years.
Also, commercial data (mentioned above) comes with data license cost, which might be expensive. Media licenses need to be arranged directly with the satellite providers.