[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

[paul youlten]

Just noticed this on the front page of Wikipedia:

"Did you know...

...that in 2009 two MIT students made a vehicle to take pictures of
the Earth from 93,000 feet (28,000 m) for US$148?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Icarus

PaulY

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Joe Richards <joefish75 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Where did this idea go in the end? It seems the talk about it petered-out, or was some action agreed (along with who was going to undertake it)?
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> Given the US have forgotten to keep the GPS system up to date, maybe
> we need a few satelites of our own to replace it... Or maybe we can
> use Galileo once its up instead.....
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> This was more about high-resolution aerial photography suitable for deriving traces.
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> As for geopositioning satellites, I doubt the US military-industrial complex (or its adherents in places like Europe) will allow such a key technology to fall into real disrepair. Plus with future civilian receivers combining signals from Galileo and GPS, alongside radio signals, the future is actually looking brighter than ever...
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