So, while it would be very cool to make a 3D model of this in OSG, I can't really see how it would help. Other than look cool. But, this is the sort of thing that I think many of the folks here would dig:
DARPA, the folks that originally inverted the Internet, are having a wacky spatially-related contest this weekend involving GPS: http://networkchallenge.darpa.mil/ There has already been much speculation about using GIS or remote sensing to located the balloons, but much of it is hindered by the fact that there is no good/fast/widely available imagery one could search. One could probably eliminate much of the US by buffering the road network, since the rules state the targets will be visible from a road, but it still leaves a huge unknown area. One team claims to have even predicted where 1-5 of the balloons will be based "(thanks to help from Mekow334 and HotJazz, our expert balloon sleuths, who know their way around a satellite and a GPS log like nobody else!)" I'm somewhat skeptical, since their site's countdown clock isn't even counting down to the right time. I’ve established a team of my own, called Team DeciNena. We will win because we have the wittiest name. ;) No, seriously, whomever wins will be using a mixture of all sorts of tactics from team recruiting to passive data mining. I'm sure there will be a lot of disinformation out there, and it will be important to combat it. We are using a mashup of GIS/GoogleMaps technologies in a Drupal-based Content Management System to coordinate our team. If we get a report, we can spatially query our member database to find other nearby team members who can confirm the report. We're also experimenting with Google Wave to see if it has anything interesting to offer. Join us, it's free, and you could actually win something. We're even sharing some reward money with those team participants who DON'T themselves find a balloon. http://decinena.com -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere Xenon AlphaPixel.com PixelSense Landsat processing now available! http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/ "There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to Exist." - Xen _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list osg-users@lists.openscenegraph.org http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
