[OSM-talk] Does this mean we could launch our own OSM satellite?

[Aun Johnsen (via Webmail)]

On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 09:24:55 +0000 (GMT), John Smith
<delta_foxtrot at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Mon, 3/8/09, SLXViper <SLXViper at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> quadcopters/hexacopters/octocopters/microcopters equipped
>> with a camera
>> are much better than a satellite. Easier and cheaper to
>> use, and most
>> important: satellites give only rather poor quality images,
>> often with
>> lots of clouds... Digital orthophotos and the high
>> resolution imagery of
>> google (and others) are made from planes, not from
>> satellites.
> 
> Some sort of decently sized blimp would probably be cheaper to run and
> don't need to constantly use energy to stay above the ground.
> 
> I wonder if you can get a cheap second hand blimp from somewhere...
> 
> 
OSM Zeppelin finally moored up at Empire State Building?

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Brgds
Aun Johnsen
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