This is already being done for US state and federal highways, funded
by public sources which means the resulting imagery is in the public
domain. We've worked with some of this imagery, and many highway
departments have hi def cameras taking still shots every 10m looking
forward and at 45 degrees. They drive both ways down the road, and
you get an interesting 360 degree view of the road. The interesting
part is that 180 degrees of that view is at one time (the first pass
down the road) and then the next 180 degree view is at a later time.
The State of Connecticut alone has terabytes of photos, taken in both
directions on every state road each year for many years. This data
is unambiguously in the public domain. We all should be working to
get more of it on the web and make sure it stays there!
Some examples:
- http://www.dot.state.ny.us/photolog/photo.html
- http://www.ct.gov/dot/cwp/view.asp?a=2857&Q=259618
- http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/business/econdev/maps-data.htm
Josh Knauer
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f: 412-488-2940
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2730 Sidney Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
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On 10 Jun 2007, at 12:34, SteveC wrote:
yeah I threw this idea around at wherecamp. My model would get 10
people to pitch in $200 each, buy a laptop and 5-6 cameras. Build a
magnetic mount , plug in a GPS, write some glue with autopano-sift
http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~nowozin/autopano-sift/
and automatically upload the data. Each of the 10 donators can
drive it around their area or whatever. The entire system should be
totally automated, USB throughput and battery are going to be the
issues, and the latter shouldl be easy via the cigarette lighter
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