Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?
The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and they used it to track where the package fell. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Marloue Pidor mur...@mail2engineer.comwrote: maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera attached to the balloon? -Original Message- From: maning sambale [emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent: 6/26/2010 1:41:17 PM To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself? Cool! I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two months already. I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this. Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable. I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to test my rig. Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum helium tank? On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: http://vimeo.com/12421661 ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph . ___ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage POP3 Calendar SMS Translator Much More! ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?
@murlwe, my plan is not to release the balloon. I want it on low altitudes as far as my string and helium can support. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and they used it to track where the package fell. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Marloue Pidor mur...@mail2engineer.com wrote: maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera attached to the balloon? -Original Message- From: maning sambale [emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent: 6/26/2010 1:41:17 PM To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself? Cool! I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two months already. I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this. Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable. I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to test my rig. Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum helium tank? On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: http://vimeo.com/12421661 ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph . ___ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More! ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?
Oi, tama pwede pala ganyan di ko naisip... simple pa. You have similar project with Eugene pala. -Original Message- From: maning sambale [emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent: 6/26/2010 4:15:14 PM To: sea...@gmail.com Cc: mur...@mail2engineer.com;talk-ph@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself? @murlwe, my plan is not to release the balloon. I want it on low altitudes as far as my string and helium can support. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and they used it to track where the package fell. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Marloue Pidor mur...@mail2engineer.com wrote: maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera attached to the balloon? -Original Message- From: maning sambale [emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent: 6/26/2010 1:41:17 PM To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself? Cool! I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two months already. I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this. Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable. I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to test my rig. Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum helium tank? On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: http://vimeo.com/12421661 ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph . ___ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage - POP3 - Calendar - SMS - Translator - Much More! ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- . span id=m2wTlpfont face=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif size=2 style=font-size:13.5px___BRGet the Free email that has everyone talking at a href=http://www.mail2world.com target=newhttp://www.mail2world.com/abr font color=#99Unlimited Email Storage #150; POP3 #150; Calendar #150; SMS #150; Translator #150; Much More!/font/font/span___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?
I love this type of projects! The problem I can imagine with having it on a string is: - the string gets quite heavy when it's a few hundred meters up in the air, not to mention 1 few km. - if the string snaps, what then? - the string may be visible on the photos - all the overhead cables! (could work in far away places in the barrio though) If we could use something like this: http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/gps-cellphone-wrist-watch/ it could send us coordinates (and altitude) by sms. And maybe could log as well to geocode the imagery :) If we could hook it up to a computer as well (you can probably get something similar to Commodore 64 the size of a button now), hooked up to a valve for the helium baloon, then we could program it to release some helium when it reaches a certain altitude, until it stabilizes. Add a propeller for thrust and another for steering, and you can program it to fly forth and back (navigating using GPS coordinates) until it has covered the area you want to cover. Then, preferably before the battery or fuel for the propeller runs out, it can pre programmed to deflate the helium baloon and attempt to return to base :) Sounds like an expensive toy, but we could cover all of the Philippines with that! (except around major airports and above Malacañang and military areas - probably not very popular!) Ronny. maning sambale wrote: @murlwe, my plan is not to release the balloon. I want it on low altitudes as far as my string and helium can support. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and they used it to track where the package fell. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Marloue Pidor mur...@mail2engineer.com wrote: maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera attached to the balloon? -Original Message- From: maning sambale [emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent: 6/26/2010 1:41:17 PM To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself? Cool! I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two months already. I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this. Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable. I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to test my rig. Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum helium tank? On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: http://vimeo.com/12421661 ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph . ___ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage – POP3 – Calendar – SMS – Translator – Much More! ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?
I guess this is a good start: http://www.picotux.com/ Ideally I'd like a bit more RAM and an interface to some flash memory, but at least it's *much* more powerful than a C64! Or this one: http://www.shimafuji.co.jp/product/spacecube01.html http://www.handlewithlinux.com/smallest-linux-pc http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/08/27/a-real-space-oddity-arrives-at-pc-pro/ Ronny Ager-Wick wrote: I love this type of projects! The problem I can imagine with having it on a string is: - the string gets quite heavy when it's a few hundred meters up in the air, not to mention 1 few km. - if the string snaps, what then? - the string may be visible on the photos - all the overhead cables! (could work in far away places in the barrio though) If we could use something like this: http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/gps-cellphone-wrist-watch/ it could send us coordinates (and altitude) by sms. And maybe could log as well to geocode the imagery :) If we could hook it up to a computer as well (you can probably get something similar to Commodore 64 the size of a button now), hooked up to a valve for the helium baloon, then we could program it to release some helium when it reaches a certain altitude, until it stabilizes. Add a propeller for thrust and another for steering, and you can program it to fly forth and back (navigating using GPS coordinates) until it has covered the area you want to cover. Then, preferably before the battery or fuel for the propeller runs out, it can pre programmed to deflate the helium baloon and attempt to return to base :) Sounds like an expensive toy, but we could cover all of the Philippines with that! (except around major airports and above Malacañang and military areas - probably not very popular!) Ronny. maning sambale wrote: @murlwe, my plan is not to release the balloon. I want it on low altitudes as far as my string and helium can support. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and they used it to track where the package fell. On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Marloue Pidor mur...@mail2engineer.com wrote: maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera attached to the balloon? -Original Message- From: maning sambale [emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com] Sent: 6/26/2010 1:41:17 PM To: talk-ph@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself? Cool! I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two months already. I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this. Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable. I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to test my rig. Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum helium tank? On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar sea...@gmail.com wrote: http://vimeo.com/12421661 ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning -- Freedom is still the most radical idea of all -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ -- ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph . ___ Get the Free email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Unlimited Email Storage -- POP3 -- Calendar -- SMS -- Translator -- Much More! ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph ___ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
