Re: [talk-au] Nearmap made Channel 7 news

2010-03-18 Thread Stephen Hope
Well, I understand the resolution over Rottnest Island is better than anywhere else, so that ought to give an idea of what they can do. But I got the impression on the forums somewhere that they got that by flying lower, thus requiring more passes, though I may be wrong - I can't find it again

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap made Channel 7 news

2010-03-18 Thread John Smith
On 19 March 2010 11:22, Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I understand the resolution over Rottnest Island is better than anywhere else, so that ought to give an idea of what they can do. But I thought Perth CBD was, since you can tell the direction of the switch points on railway

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap made Channel 7 news

2010-03-18 Thread Ben Last
On 19 March 2010 10:31, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: On 19 March 2010 11:22, Stephen Hope slh...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I understand the resolution over Rottnest Island is better than anywhere else, so that ought to give an idea of what they can do. But I thought Perth CBD

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap made Channel 7 news

2010-03-18 Thread John Smith
On 19 March 2010 14:27, Ben Last ben.l...@nearmap.com wrote: Both Rottnest surveys Perth CBD 15/5/09 go down to approx 3cm resolution. Or if you want to talk in slippymap terms, zoom 23 (scale 2m). Other surveys typically go down to zoom 21/5m. To get the higher resolution do you fly lower

Re: [talk-au] Nearmap made Channel 7 news

2010-03-18 Thread Ben Last
On 19 March 2010 12:32, John Smith deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com wrote: To get the higher resolution do you fly lower than normal, or just process the data more? We fly lower. b -- Ben Last Development Manager (HyperWeb) NearMap Pty Ltd ___ Talk-au

[talk-au] Nearmap made Channel 7 news

2010-03-17 Thread John Smith
http://www.ipernica.com/IRM/content/Movies/Nearmap_ch7.html A couple of things that caught my attention, firstly the claim that they artificially limit the resolution, I wonder what they really are capable of producing. The reporter also asked if any of the big online mapping companies were