[OSM-newbies] Somewhat live satellite imagery?

[Jeffrey Martin]

It might be in the official report. Did you contact the FAA?

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Tony Morris <tonymorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> >> 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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