[OSM-newbies] Somewhat live satellite imagery?

[Tony Morris]

Hi Jeffrey,
The incident was in Australia, so the equivalent of FAA is the
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).

I shall contact them, thanks.

Jeffrey Martin wrote:
> 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:
>
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>> 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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