[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

[Mikel Maron]

Note OSM can qualify for non-profit pricing on imagery, which can take the cost down to $12/km2. This is what we arranged for the Gaza imagery.



----- Original Message ----
From: paul youlten <paul.youlten at gmail.com>
To: John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
Cc: Talk Openstreetmap <talk at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:05:18 AM
Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

>The other question to be asked is the time, effort and money put into
>this be less than archived sat imagery which is about $14 per sq km.

Yeah...but it would be fun to try!

... and while $14/sq Km doesn't sound a lot it would still cost $5376
(£4900) just to get images of (for example) the Isle of Wight in the
UK, $11000 (€7440) to get pictures of New York City and $8000 (€5414)
for the island of Ibiza in Spain.


On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:38 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/23 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
>> I always thought that aviation regulations require the pilot - whether on
>> board or on the ground - to monitor the airspace around the aircraft and
>> take evasive action where necessary. It would be hard to do that on the
>> ground for an aircraft that far up. But maybe that depends on the country
>> you're in. I think in the US it is pretty much "everything goes" up to 1200
>> feet AGL or so but after that you have to behave.
>
> The other question to be asked is the time, effort and money put into
> this be less than archived sat imagery which is about $14 per sq km.
>



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