Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Iulian Seba, an exploration geologist with a large experience in various projects across Europe, Africa and US, working for mineral deposits, like gold, copper, iron, uranium, diamonds, etc.
I am an experienced user of MapInfo, Global Mapper, ArcInfo, QGIS and of various other software packages for special purposes like geochemistry, geophysics or engineering (Geosoft , Surfer, Rockware, AutocadMap, etc).
By the nature of the mentioned projects I was all the time searching (and obtaining) various satellite images, trying all the time to obtain the best resolutions available (from free sources) and of course, an acceptable cloud coverage.
I am using also RADAR & LIDAR data in order to generate GIS products regarding my area of interest.
Regarding your project... I am not aware about the focus area in order to investigate the availability of free, public data.
Hooping that my skills are useful for your project I remain at your disposal for any other details.
Kind regards,
Iulian Seba PS.