[talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?

[Ronny Ager-Wick]

I guess this is a good start:
http://www.picotux.com/
Ideally I'd like a bit more RAM and an interface to some flash memory, 
but at least it's *much* more powerful than a C64!

Or this one:
http://www.shimafuji.co.jp/product/spacecube01.html
http://www.handlewithlinux.com/smallest-linux-pc
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/08/27/a-real-space-oddity-arrives-at-pc-pro/


Ronny Ager-Wick wrote:
> I love this type of projects!
> The problem I can imagine with having it on a string is:
> - the string gets quite heavy when it's a few hundred meters up in the 
> air, not to mention 1 few km.
> - if the string snaps, what then?
> - the string may be visible on the photos
> - all the overhead cables! (could work in far away places in the 
> barrio though)
>
> If we could use something like this:
> http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/gps-cellphone-wrist-watch/
> it could send us coordinates (and altitude) by sms. And maybe could 
> log as well to geocode the imagery :)
> If we could hook it up to a computer as well (you can probably get 
> something similar to Commodore 64 the size of a button now), hooked up 
> to a valve for the helium baloon, then we could program it to release 
> some helium when it reaches a certain altitude, until it stabilizes. 
> Add a propeller for thrust and another for steering, and you can 
> program it to fly forth and back (navigating using GPS coordinates) 
> until it has covered the area you want to cover. Then, preferably 
> before the battery or fuel for the propeller runs out, it can pre 
> programmed to deflate the helium baloon and attempt to return to base :)
>
> Sounds like an expensive toy, but we could cover all of the 
> Philippines with that!
> (except around major airports and above Malacañang and military areas 
> - probably not very popular!)
>
> Ronny.
>
> maning sambale wrote:
>> @murlwe,
>>
>> my plan is not to release the balloon.  I want it on low altitudes as
>> far as my string and helium can support.
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>   
>>> The guys in the vimeo link I posted used GPS tracking. I don't know exactly
>>> how, but it seems that the package transmits GPS coordinates somehow and
>>> they used it to track where the package fell.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Marloue Pidor <murlwe at mail2engineer.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>     
>>>> maning, question... how are you going to retrieve at least the camera
>>>> attached to the balloon?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <-----Original Message----->
>>>>       
>>>>> From: maning sambale [emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com]
>>>>> Sent: 6/26/2010 1:41:17 PM
>>>>> To: talk-ph at openstreetmap.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Want more aerial imagery? Why not do it yourself?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cool!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a similar balloon mapping ideas in my mind for the last two
>>>>> months already.
>>>>> I hacked my canon cam with chdk for this.
>>>>> Tried some experiments with kites but they were too unstable.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm actually looking for cheap weather balloons and a helium tank to
>>>>> test my rig.
>>>>> Any tips where to buy cheap balloons and borrow a portable aluminum
>>>>> helium tank?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:47 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <seav80 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>         
>>>>>> http://vimeo.com/12421661
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> maning
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