[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

[Robert Scott]

On Wednesday 23 September 2009, paul youlten wrote:
> How be difficult would it be to adapt their low-cost approach to give
> more useful images for mapping?

Very. Getting steady images from a balloon would be very difficult, even with a gimbal. The payload swings like a pendulum. You also wouldn't be able to control where the balloon went. You would have a very hard time fighting against wind with an RC blimp.

Current efforts doing UAV aerial imagery revolve around fixed wing aircraft and to a lesser extent helicopters. They have limited flight times but are looking quite promising.


robert.