[OSM-newbies] Somewhat live satellite imagery?

[Tony Morris]

Thanks Bill,
Unfortunately it was a small helicopter. While I have scaled the
mountain numerous times, the available news footage doesn't allow me to
pin down exactly where it is.
I might have to climb it again just to find out :)

Bill Ricker wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Tony Morris <tonymorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> An aircraft wrecked on a nearby mountain yesterday which I have done a
>> few of the tracks on OSM. I'd like to know the exact position of the
>> wreck. Is there imagery available that would help me find out?
>>
>> Yes and no.
>>     
>
> Unclassified, free to net government images are either low-res or not
> current or both, unless they specifically release images of your event.
>
> The non-government sources charge good money for recent images of good to
> moderate resolution.
>
> The resolution of unclassified sat images is not as good as you likely
> expect. the imagery you may be used to in Google Earth / Google
> Maps's"Satellite" mode,  and JOSM or POTLATCH in the hi-res areas are rarely
> if ever actual mil-grade sat images but rather civil government or
> commercial mapping aerial photo series. Unlike Sats, they don't refresh
> weekly.
>
> The Amazing Turk project to find  Jim Gray got donations of commercial sat
> images of the Pacific, we were looking for a 5 - 8 pixel yacht between the
> clouds. At commercial resolution, it would have to be a big plane directly
> under the image center to be recognizable to a untrained observer.
>
>
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