Cherry Pond Mountain images from Google Earth
Jeffrey Warren
jywa...@gmail.com
West Virginia project, involving unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for
mapping and monitoring environmental degradation due to mountaintop
mining:
http://wiki.grassrootsmapping.org/show/GrassrootsMappingCoalRiver
We're lucky to have the help of Josh Levinger and David Pitman, both
with extensive prior experience in UAV control systems, and Nadya
Peek, who's looking into using ecological composites to build cheaper,
greener RC airplanes. All these folks are from MIT and are on the
mailing list as well (hi!!).
Jeff
On Mar 3, 1:55 pm, Jeffrey Warren <war...@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi, all -
>
> Here's some pictures of the proposed West Virginia UAV mapping site in
> Google Earth - the mining site is about 2 miles across, and there's a road
> within about a mile of the site.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreywarren/4401782875/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreywarren/4401782995/in/photostream/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreywarren/4401832050/in/photostream/
>
> We've seen videos on YouTube and notes in the DIYDrones.com community of
> flight times of about 4 hours after battery/motor upgrades, and altitudes of
> about 1500ft.
>
> http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=cherry+po...