U.S. Government Fighting Farm Fraud With Satellites
A CNBC article by Jane Wells, via MSNBC, reports that:
Satellite photos are a common sight on the Internet these days, and most people use them to look at their homes, or cities from space. But they’re also being used to fight fraud.
The risk management agency at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is using very detailed satellite photos provided by the U.S. geological survey and two Landsat satellites to monitor for government crop insurance fraud, claiming it is saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year.
posted by Fergie @ 2/17/2006 04:26:00 PM
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