Kite Aerial Photography

ShantyBranch · Nov 5, 2001

This looks pretty cool.
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/nelson/479/
I have been wanting aerial pics of my property. I got some from a plane fly over - but they were just too far up to get detail I wanted.
Anybody have any experience with this birdseye view of things??

http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/nelson/479/

ShantyBranch · Nov 5, 2001

Sorry about that link doesn't seem to work, let me try to figure out how to get a good link posted.

njrqs · Nov 6, 2001

We have a similar deal over here. They use a small airship, like the goodyear blimp I see hanging around all the champ car races.

People use it for advertising, selling houses etc. Looks cool.

Personally I am learning to fly and will one day buzz my place and do the same !!

Cheers

Neil from OZ.

DocHeb · Nov 6, 2001

To get a functioning link posted, and refer to it by title, type in:

{url=http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/nelson/479/}Fortune City{/url}

except type [ ] brackets instead of the { }. Also, convention usually places url links in blue type:

{blue}{url=http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/nelson/479/}Fortune City{/url}{/blue},

again, using [ ] brackets instead of { }. This link will then turn color after you have viewed it for the first time.

Harv · Nov 6, 2001

convention usually places url links in blue type:

The good news is that links are automatically displayed in blue, so the blue tag is not necessary. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

ShantyBranch · Nov 6, 2001

Thanks for tips and pointers. Part of the problem might have been the host for that web page - that fortune city mess - I think it is hard to link to an individual url, whereas they want you to go through the advertising ?? Anywho, here is a better link.
http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/kaptoc.html

WVBill · Nov 6, 2001

Last May, on the first day of building my Pole Barn, we noticed a helicopter hovering. Didn't give it much thought because there is a car race track nearby and planes/helicopters occasionally buzz the race track.

About a month ago, a guy drove up and showed me a 14" x 21" copy of the attached photo of my property (lower third of the picture). The Photo he offered for $149, I bought it on CD for $65. Pricey but once my wife saw it, I couldn't turn it down.

The VA/WV state line runs along the tree line at about the upper third of the picture. Blue Ridge Mountains in the background. Summit Point Raceway just barely seen in the top right corner of picture.

Company is called Air Photo based out of Washington State. 1-800-879-6235. I don't know if you can call them up and ask them to come take a picture of your property or if you just have to wait until they get around to it. I have the local (Northern Virginia/WV/MD) rep's card at home if anyone's interested.

MossRoad · Nov 6, 2001

You should be able to find your place from here.

terraserver

Just zoom around./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 MossRoad

Gatorboy · Nov 6, 2001

Yes, they give aerial views on TerraServer, but the elevation is too high to see much detail compared to the view you can get with a kite.

Regards,
Dave "Gatorboy" Hoffmann
Fallston, Maryland

njrqs · Nov 6, 2001

Wow is it always that green??

Lovely !!

Neil from OZ.

JohnNY · Nov 6, 2001

If anyone in the upstate NY area wants an aerial shot of their property, give me a shout. I do this on the side.

John
johnb@novocon.net

snowman · Nov 7, 2001

We have a guy in our area who takes aerial pictures for commercial real esate firms that make up ads for large commercial properties (with an aerial photo).

He is basically retired, but flys a small plane as a hobby and takes these photos.

For $200, he took two rolls of pictures of my house and land; came out quite nice. Was interesting seeing everything from above. My primary purpose was to identify where my land boundaries were.

Could probably just call your closest local airport and see if they have anyone interested in doing this for you.

ChrisR · Nov 7, 2001

I suggest that if anyone gets this done, to measure a known distance i.e. 100' and place a large white cross at each end preferably as large as possible (use sheets or even paint it)
this will give you a scaling reference, which can come in handy if you use the photo's for any planning/landscaping etc. Of course it won't be as accurate as a full blown aerial survey but can still prove useful.

regards

Chris

MossRoad · Nov 7, 2001

I agree, but it is a quick way to see the area around your place. It's amazing what's there that you never knew about; gravel pits, deep woods, etc.

 MossRoad

dmccarty · Nov 7, 2001

Also check with your county/state. My county has photos taken by aircraft that are very detailed. You can see upturned trees, houses, cars, golf carts, etc. I'm sure you could see people.

The county sells copies for $5 or so. The copies are real could but they show property boundries and such. The origional photos I saw where amazing. The copies are something like 2 feet by three feet. Drafting paper size I used to use in high school drafting class.

Hope this helps...
Dan McCarty

PitbullMidwest · Nov 7, 2001

I had to dig through the archives to find this, but here it is, "Hilleary Hills" (no Clinton jokes please) as viewed from the air.

The picture was taken in the fall of 1995, the year we moved into the house, notice I said moved in not finished! Our insurance agent is a pilot and was gracious enough to take my wife and me for a flight.