[Commons-l] Free (gratuit and libre) satellite/aerial imagery?

[Florian Straub]

 "Benjamin Esham" <bdesham at gmail.com> wrote on Friday, November 09, 2007 
5:08 PM

> Florian Straub wrote:
>
>> Benjamin Esham wrote:
>>
>> > Does anyone know of a source for satellite or aerial imagery released
>> > under a license suitable for Commons use?  I'd like to create images of
>> > a couple of locations in the United States, but I haven't been able to
>> > find any suitable sources online.
>>
>> What about www.demis.nl?
>
> Hmm... I'm not sure where exactly on that site you're pointing me to.  It
> seems to me to be a source of vector GIS data, while I was looking for
> satellite imagery.  Is that available from Demis somewhere?

I'm not really familiar with the whole thing ... sorry.

I believe at http://www2.demis.nl/wms/bluemarble.htm there are satellite 
images, at least http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Karten tells me 
that.

Regards,

Flo