Hi Jeffrey, The incident was in Australia, so the equivalent of FAA is the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
I shall contact them, thanks. Jeffrey Martin wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
