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Originally Posted by keakar
but google earth gets very blurry below 2500 feet and some images are blurry as far away as 4000 feet.
sharp clear images like these mean you can create your own hunting and fishing maps that aren't blurry or covered by clouds and google earth images are often 4-5 years old so as fast as marsh changes that's often not going to give you accurate images or recognizable land formations. sure its close enough to "figure it out" by why not have real time images?
this idea IMO is a much better alterative to relying on old data from website
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In order to map out hunting or fishing areas with a camera equipped RC plane, a few things have to be considered. First, you'd need a plane that can get WAY up there to a high altitude, and stay up there for a while. A powered glider like the Parkzone Radian would probably be a good choice.
http://secure.hobbyzone.com/PKZ4775.html
It has over 6 feet of wingspan, can reach altitudes over 1,000 feet, and in the summer it can ride thermals for a long time. Flights can last up to an hour long or more on a hot day, when there's plenty of "lift" in the air. Think of when you see buzzards or hawks making wide, lazy circles high up in the air. You rarely ever see them have to flap their wings and "fly" to stay up there, because they're just gliding around on rising currents of warm air, or thermals. Second, the camera would probably have to be pointing straight down at the ground to get an accurate layout of the area, and you'd have to fly directly over the area to be mapped. Third, you'd probably need some large, recognizable landmark that can be seen from the air in the picture, oriented at a known direction. Otherwise when playing back the video it can be hard to tell which way is north, south, east or west on the ground. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
03-11-2014, 01:59 PM
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