[OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

John Smith wrote:
>Sent: 30 July 2009 10:42 AM
>To: OJ W; mk at koppenhoefer.com
>Cc: OSM Talk
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Google StreetView From Bikes
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>--- On Thu, 30/7/09, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > Maybe the big tricycle is needed to lift the cameras
>> up above the traffic?
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>> I guess they are recording in higher resolutions. The
>> problem with
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>I don't know what res street view in general is but you can't read most
>signs.
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>Some of the newer mobile phones are getting HD resolutions.
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>The reason for most of the bulk is a computer, and I bet batteries run
>everything, to correlate the images from multiple cameras at the same time
>and geotagging it properly etc.
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The video of the trike when it was first seen in Rome back in May suggests
it carries a small generator (red), perhaps just to charge batteries when
stopped rather than run the whole setup?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAsfEsK5t2Y

Cheers

Andy

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