----- Original Message ----- From: "John Smith" <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> To: "Matt White" <mattwh...@iinet.com.au> Cc: "OSM Australian Talk List" <talk-au@openstreetmap.org> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [talk-au] Our own satellite imagery?
> > 2009/9/14 Matt White <mattwh...@iinet.com.au>: > >> So what does the commercial imagery cost? I don't even know who supplies >> it....or what the licensing is like > > Well having grown up in rural areas there is always people going round > offering to take photos of farms, then of course you have major > commercial operations that supply to the various governments for > various purposes. > > I can't remember how much it costs to get a photo of your farm, but > commercial hi-res sat imagery is $300k per sq km according to the OSM > wiki. > > Another option might be to hire a plane + pilot to go take your own > photos... Then of course there is hobbyists you could probably fly > with for the cost their fuel bill... > see http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-gb/2009-September/004579.html psoted on the Talk GB list > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
