Re: [OSM-talk] Aerial Photographs (was: People's Map)

I see. Thanks for the clarification. On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Eric Wolf wrote: > RC airplanes aren't cheaper for two reasons: > > 1. RC airplanes (and any civilian-operated UAV) has significant flight > restrictions - distance and altitude. Flying at low altitude (under > 500 feet MSL),

Re: [OSM-talk] Aerial Photographs (was: People's Map)

RC airplanes aren't cheaper for two reasons: 1. RC airplanes (and any civilian-operated UAV) has significant flight restrictions - distance and altitude. Flying at low altitude (under 500 feet MSL), you end up with a higher spatial resolution but you have to stitch together many more images to cov

Re: [OSM-talk] Aerial Photographs (was: People's Map)

Couldn't the process of obtaining aerial photographs be made much cheaper with RC planes? I am not sure if it would work but setting the RC plane on auto pilot and attaching a camera with continuous shooting mode might make the process simpler. Also refering to this link

[OSM-talk] Murcia LIDAR data / Datos LIDAR de Murcia

(En español más abajo) --- Hi all, Via OSGeo-es[1] I've been notified of the availability of a bunch of LIDAR data for Murcia[2], along with orthophoto, infrared vegetation stuff, DTMs, the whole deal. And everything is under CC-by-sa! (asserted in several mailing l

[OSM-talk] Aerial Photographs (was: People's Map)

There is an interesting paper from our dear friends over in Redmond: http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=75312 From the article: "Our mission, in contrast, involved an ordinary four seat Cessna ($160/hour rental, including pilot), three feet of PVC pipe, a consumer digital

Re: [OSM-talk] OSM scores at Linux New Media Awards

Blumpsy schrieb: > Dear all, > > I was just flicking through the latest Linux Magazine (issue 102) and > noticed on page 18 this year's winners of the Linux New Media Awards. > > Just to fill you in: This award is presented annually by Linux New Media > AG, the German mother-company of Linux Ma

Re: [OSM-talk] Need help for "Terra bytes of Turkey GPS data"

Gökhan Hıncal gmail.com> writes: >My company (www.arvento.com) who tracks over 80.000 vehicles all arround >Turkey. And we decided to compose Turkish part of the OSM Project as a social >responsibility project. Due to data size I need some help to fix this data ie. >producing lines via points,

Re: [OSM-talk] Roads/Rails Shapefile Import for Tanzania, Uganda, DRC, Rwanda

Who's "we" exactly? Is there a coordination place on the osm.wiki? I'd like to participate - for example caring for rivers of Eritrea... Do I have to join Africover User System first? I joined there but now I have to answer some questions before I am able to receive their data: > Before we can pro

[OSM-talk] Spare Garmin mount

Hi all I recently bought a large bike mount for my garmin ( http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Large-Diameter-Adapter-010-10496-00/dp/B00030F6OC/ref=pd_sim_e_14), but it was too large for the handlebar on my motorbike, so have now bought a small one which does fit. Does anyone want the large one? It's