It might be in the official report. Did you contact the FAA? On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Tony Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > -- Jeffrey John Martin [email protected]
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