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This maybe a weird question, but where do most of the normal and landsat photos come from? If it all exclusive to NY or you use a freelance/marketplace service? I ask since I have a project ongoing with a similar photo requirements and have difficulty acquiring the images. (I have no problem paying, I just don't have the experience to know where to get them)

You're in luck. Landsat 8 photos are paid for by the American taxpayer, and therefore freely available.

Sign up for an account here, then go nuts: http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

More detail on the images: http://landsat.usgs.gov/landsat8.php

The Euphrates River map here, for example, is stitched together from about 15 gigs worth of raw Landsat tiles. Photoshop beware!

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