Can overhead tranmission lines be located via sattelite imagery?
Depending on the satellite – yes You aren’t going to see the actual wires unless there is a fault and you have military grade IR. But the pylons and especially the path of the lines does show up very well – especially cross country. In most places the power company will also cut back trees for a certain distance around the lines and a 10m wide perfectly straight cutback path across a forest shows up very well even on extremely low res imaging.
