The crowd wasn't 4 million. It wasn't 3 million or even 2 million. But at an estimated turnout of 1 million on the mall (plus 800,000 on the parade route and elsewhere), this was the biggest U.S. crowd ever, exceeding LBJ's 1965 inaugural.
This image, taken by the GeoEye-1 satellite from 423 miles up at 11:19 am, is the basis of the crowd estimate. Resolution is 1.65 meters. Aside from the ticket-holding crowd, people are clustered in front of the numerous jumbotron monitors. Why, they look just like ants!
You can view an 1896x306 pixel cropped image HERE or the full resolution 8218x2700 pixel magnifiable image HERE.
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