There's also an interesting video by the author at
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6381103931631556399&ei=REtaSZPuM4vsqAPspezDCw

On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Barry Hunter <[email protected]>wrote:

> You could ask these guys:
>
> http://www.heywhatsthat.com/
>
> (or just use their website)
>
> 2008/12/30 Abhijit Menon-Sen <[email protected]>:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Suppose I have a photograph of some mountain peaks, and I know where the
> > photograph was taken from, and I want to identify the peaks. Given SRTM
> > data and scanned topo maps of the region, how difficult would it be to
> > project what the skyline would look like from where the photographer
> > was, to aid in identification?
> >
> > Any ideas about how to do this (preferably with free software) or
> > pointers to things to look at would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > -- ams
> >
> > P.S. For a little inspiration, here are a couple of photographs of peaks
> > in the Himalayas. :-)
> >
> > http://toroid.org/misc/peaks-1.jpeg
> > http://toroid.org/misc/peaks-2.jpeg
> >
> > (I know most of the peaks in the second picture, but I'm interested in
> > the general problem more than identifying these specific peaks.)
> >
> >
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>
> --
> Barry
>
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