opensource aerial photography project (was Re: OM Camera - a new angle)

[Thomas Szukala]

Robin Paulson wrote:
> On 19/09/2007, OJW <openmoko at blibbleblobble.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> On Tuesday 18 September 2007 19:12, Ian Stirling wrote:
>>     
>>> It must have wi-max, and be able to fly up to several kilometers, to
>>> take pictures for use with the OM mapping system.
>>>       
>> Need to integrate with these guys...
>>
>> http://diydrones.com/
>>
>> [phone with GPS and camera being used to fly a model aircraft, and send
>> georeferenced photos back over the network]
>>     
>
> interesting stuff
>
> this has got me thinking - openstreetmap is progressing as a nice
> alternative to google maps and so on, but is there an open-source
> equivalent for the photography part of google maps/earth? something
> working in a similar way to osm, using photos taken by anybody, with a
> UAV or any airborne vehicle, and licensed under GNU FDL? this sort of
> technology is getting cheaper and cheaper, it's well within the price
> range of common people now
>
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yes there is:

http://openaerialmap.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Regards,
Thomas