[OSM-talk] Satellite for OSM

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

On 26/09/2009, at 14.50, John Smith wrote:

> 2009/9/26 Morten Kjeldgaard <mok at bioxray.au.dk>:
>> If it were possible to produce a cheap and light-weight little box
>> with a gyro-stabilized gimbal containing a camera and a GPS logger,  
>> we
>
> You don't need gyro stabilised if you have a fast shutter.

Well, my thought was to have the camera plane at all times  
perpendicular to the vertical axis, i.e. a weight mounted on the  
gimbal somehow.  I know that a certain amount of correction can be  
performed on the images, but I think it is better to have as accurate  
photos as possible, that are known to be in a direction towards the  
center of the earth.

Even so, there's a correction that needs to be performed to compensate  
for the distortion by the camera lens.

> People are using all sorts of things to do aerial photography, helium
> balloons, kites, rc blimps...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGGaaddpGA8&feature=related

Oh, that video is beautiful! :-)

Cheers,
Morten