--- On Mon, 3/8/09, SLXViper <slxvi...@gmx.net> wrote:
> quadcopters/hexacopters/octocopters/microcopters equipped
> with a camera
> are much better than a satellite. Easier and cheaper to
> use, and most
> important: satellites give only rather poor quality images,
> often with
> lots of clouds... Digital orthophotos and the high
> resolution imagery of
> google (and others) are made from planes, not from
> satellites.
Some sort of decently sized blimp would probably be cheaper to run and don't
need to constantly use energy to stay above the ground.
I wonder if you can get a cheap second hand blimp from somewhere...
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