Thanks Bill, Unfortunately it was a small helicopter. While I have scaled the mountain numerous times, the available news footage doesn't allow me to pin down exactly where it is. I might have to climb it again just to find out :)
Bill Ricker wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Tony Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> An aircraft wrecked on a nearby mountain yesterday which I have done a >> few of the tracks on OSM. I'd like to know the exact position of the >> wreck. Is there imagery available that would help me find out? >> >> Yes and no. >> > > Unclassified, free to net government images are either low-res or not > current or both, unless they specifically release images of your event. > > The non-government sources charge good money for recent images of good to > moderate resolution. > > The resolution of unclassified sat images is not as good as you likely > expect. the imagery you may be used to in Google Earth / Google > Maps's"Satellite" mode, and JOSM or POTLATCH in the hi-res areas are rarely > if ever actual mil-grade sat images but rather civil government or > commercial mapping aerial photo series. Unlike Sats, they don't refresh > weekly. > > The Amazing Turk project to find Jim Gray got donations of commercial sat > images of the Pacific, we were looking for a 5 - 8 pixel yacht between the > clouds. At commercial resolution, it would have to be a big plane directly > under the image center to be recognizable to a untrained observer. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > -- Tony Morris http://tmorris.net/ _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
