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| ajawitz | "YAY!!! I took your advice and added a 20 ft fuzzy tail and it worked like a charm! I still have to process all the photos before I can call the fl..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Awesome summary of the kites! I've had good luck with a french signal kite but only when it had a long (15' of string) drogue tail attached. it d..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "How did i miss this note? excellent discussion, y'all I wrote this up after a chat with mathew http://publiclab.org/notes/eustatic/11-11-2014/a-m..." | Read more » | about 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "Yes, I conducted my own test by correcting values using both menus on two copies of a single photo and the photos came out identical. This is how t..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | "I guess I read your question too fast or it is too late here (past midnight) or I am too old... Anyway... I am using the first 2 variables in the ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | "Sure. I won't say I have the best way to do it but that works for me for many different lenses. Take a picture of that screen : http://1.bp.blogsp..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "Philgib- I tried using the GIMP+BIMP combination that you suggested and it seems relatively straightforward. The only problem is I have no way of..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "cfastie- Now that I'm back in the air, I definitely see what you're talking about with the lens distortion... My latest attempt- http://archive.pu..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hmm, trying again now: https://mapknitter.org/map/view/pottskaptest2/ It worked this time! Not sure what your last error was but it seems converti..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "On anemometers-- learn the Beaufort scale and watch the tops of trees-- since wind speed on the ground is less important than high up, Beaufort is ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I haven't seen anyone doing orthorectification with Open CV. MicMac is the only toolchain I know of it include 3D construction and orthorectificat..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "Also a brief search into OpenCV and 3D Aerial Photography yielded some promising results- This post on Stack Exchange almost seems like it came fro..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's good to know that structure from motion works with wide angle photos. It sounds like you have to correct the distortion first. It doesn't se..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "Now I can't wait to get back in the air because I really want to compare the Bimp+Gimp combo to DigiKam. I have a slight suspicion that DigiKam po..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | ""The lens is very wide, so stitching maps from multiple low altitude photos produces poor results" Sorry for not being clear enough. Gimp + Bimp ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That is an excellent Mobius photo. The Mobius is so lightweight that there is no reason not to include one on every flight. The lens is very wide, ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | "Sorry two more things for you : - make sure you use pulleys and proper pulleys string on your picavet. Brooxes.com is the place. My picavet / pulle..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | "That is the "black island" from Tintin album cover. My multicopter is hand made with super cheap material, it is therefore vibrating a lot. From a ..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | "Links to waterproof case (the only case I am aware of ) Video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy8ONQOhha8 Purchase : https://joovuu.com/gb/home/1..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "Thank you for the interesting recommendations. I actually just got my Mobius today and will be printing out various components for the rig. Can y..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| Philgib | "Hi, Great project. I do multi rotors, rc planes, blimp and kite pics. Your pictures will be 100 times better with a Mobius, plus a waterproof ca..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "RE:-High Winds- Has anyone posted a note about making a DIY wind speed meter? It would've been handy to get a rough idea of how close I was to t..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "RE: Kite Reels and Line- It was definitely 50 Ibs line but now that I know better I made sure to order a Yo Yo Reel with 150 Ibs Dacron this time..." | Read more » | over 10 years ago | |||
| ajawitz | "RE: Mapknitter- I converted the images to JPGs and uploaded them again. The export status dialog then reads (Status: Warping 1 of 6, 2 of 6 etc...." | Read more » | over 10 years ago |