A remarkable resource for the low altitude image data you might need is at the USGS.
http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ You will be most interested in the High Resolution Orthoimagery from the Aerial Imagery dataset, though they have a lot of other data as well . This is largely unprocessed aerial photos which at a minimum have been geo-referenced, but not much more. You will have to register with the site to get access to the high resolution data. As to your concern regarding public domain access, copyright, etc, I do recommend you contact USGS directly for information regarding usage rights. There is a web portal contact and phone number listed from their site. -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __________________________________________________ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Griswold Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: semi OT: flying from space to street level I want to be careful with what imagery I use. All the sites I've researched so far require you to post their logo on screen the entire time you use their satellite imagery. I don't want to be the guy that got the production sued because I pissed off Google's lawyers. I think some well placed clouds will hide a lot when we get really close to the ground. But overall, my guess is the director really doesn't have any idea what things cost & budget is going to dictate a lot. Thanks! Paul On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Stephen Davidson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: One of the "cheats", to keep the project within budget, is to fly through some clouds, masking the change from an earth texturemap, to satellite photos. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:20 AM, olivier jeannel <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: http://www.allallsoft.com/ That things grabs square kilometers of datas, but I think Googlemap has some kind of quantity restrictions. I remember the Microsoft Visual Earth equivalent to Googlemap offered less restrictions, pictures are less nice though. Le 12/11/2013 15:12, olivier jeannel a écrit : There are programs that allow to grab images from google earth or microsoft equivalent at certain (rather high) level of detail. Also OSM openstreetmap are good bases to grab. Programs like City Engine comes to mind. But in the end, it depends if your client has a decent budget, or just enoug to pay the copyrights. Le 12/11/2013 14:25, Paul Griswold a écrit : We're going to have a conference call today so I can get more info from the director, but I'm guessing they're going to want a fairly fast move. What about map data? Google Earth Pro has some good high res imagery, but their licensing requires credits on screen while the images are shown. Same thing goes for DigitalGlobe. This is for a documentary, so a lot is going to be determined by the budget. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Ed Manning <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Depends on so many factors -- how quickly you're moving, does your landing zone stay in frame the whole time or do you fly over the horizon to get there, can you fly through clouds to create a transition, etc. etc. Mainly try very hard to map out a single smooth trajectory and stick to it -- don't try to use, say, an aerial still from the wrong perspective for a section. Try to keep everything truly 3D -- there's a surprising amount of parallax on things like landforms, clouds and buildings when you're moving ridiculously fast. It's also super hard to match color, sun angle, contrast, detail, and noise from multiple stills at different scales. Good luck, let us see the final! On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Paul Griswold <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Has anyone on the list done the shot where you start from space and fly towards the earth, eventually landing at street level? In this case, I'm being asked about flying in to a recognizable location rather than a generic city in the future/alternative sci-fi universe. Specifically Soho in NY. I'd appreciate any tips or warnings about what methods work well & what to avoid. Thanks, Paul -- Best Regards, Stephen P. Davidson (954) 552-7956<tel:%28954%29%20552-7956> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic - Arthur C. Clarke <http://www.3danimationmagic.com> <http://www.3danimationmagic.com>
