[geo-discuss] getmapping aerial data

Fri Apr 8 12:33:31 UTC 2005

* @ 08/04/05 01:26:41 PM saul at twenteenthcentury.com wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:58:52AM +0100, SteveC wrote:
> > So you won't believe this, but, the MD of getmapping.com mailed to say
> > he's interested in doing something around annotating their aerial data.
> > Lots of it is down to 12.5cm and it covers most of the country.
> > 
> > Is that cool, or what?
> 
> w0000t!
> 
> > Maybe we can put a delegation together to go talk to them? I'm slightly
> > worried of scaring them off if we appear flaky.
> 
> dah. I think I left my suits at the dry cleaners. Maybe we should hire
> some actors to go.

Sadly Alec Guiness is unavailable to play my role :-(

> > In other news, I'm potentially doing a PhD on this stuff... which'd be
> > kinda cool.
> 
> Also very cool well done Steve, Jo, I'm chewing my feet that I won't be
> here for the geo meet - off to france for a week's climbing which isn't
> such a bad second ticket.
> 
> Could someone record the proceedings? If anyone knows how to do video
> documentation of meetings like this, I think it would be of general
> interest to many.

Someone recorded the last one with an iPod, didn't they?

have fun,

SteveC steve at fractalus.com http://www.fractalus.com/steve/