[nmglug] Satellite imagery

Jonathan Romero jonnyro at jonnyro.com
Sat Nov 10 21:24:57 PST 2018


I don’t think the resolution of your satellite photos has anything to do
with your processor.  The earth is huge and unless satellites are
specifically tasked to do otherwise they take very low resolution images.

Plus. Free offerings are likely to be lower resolution.

Maybe you could find some historical data on taxes collected for delivered
coal during that time period and see if there was any fluctuations?  I mean
if you really disrupted coal deliveries something should have been affected
downstream.

Also maybe see if there are any web forums for train conductors etc. maybe
find a retired one that would point you in the right direction for finding
the train schedule info you need.

Seems like retirees love to talk. They are probably all on Facebook anyway

On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 8:29 PM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:

> And here's the image I'm trying to download and work with. Maybe a more
> powerful processor would help? Doubt that tho.
> On 11/10/18 5:25 PM, Jonathan Romero wrote:
>
> You could also ask a company Called Vricon if they have holdings for that
> date.
>
> Again the right timeline makes it unlikely but you might as well ask.
>
> Check with planet.com. They have a pretty big fleet up there and are
> capturing at a pretty high frequency. Again. Probably expensive but perhaps
> worth it?
>
> Maybe bnsf doesn’t want to talk but delays at bnsf should have affected
> other trains using that line.
>
> Traffic cams near train crossings?
>
> Google traffic data showing traffic delays indicative of altered train
> flow?
>
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 7:16 PM Brian O'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com>
> wrote:
>
>> There are many, many pix and video evidence collected by the legal eagles
>> that helped us up there but nothing that shows the tracks beyond several
>> hundred yards. I have looked at images from GoogleEarth and there are two
>> sidings, one east and one west, of the conflict area. The one to the west
>> is 6 miles away and the one to the east is 3. So I'm looking for images of
>> those with trains, on that day at that time. A tough one.
>>
>> Not sure why the smaller sized downloads are grayscale but they are
>> unreadable since they are so indistinct. Weird there. There may be more pix
>> from the state from that day as they provided some for another case, same
>> as mine. The trains they show are in the Mandan yard, pointing the wrong
>> direct (according to testimony) and are empty coal cars while state's
>> testimony stated they were two trains heading east loaded with coal. all I
>> need is a pic of the next mile or two to the west where the "altercation"
>> happened. No trains, no case.
>>
>> Thanks
>> On 11/10/18 3:33 PM, Jonathan Romero wrote:
>>
>> Protesting good practices for the modern age will probably involve
>> launching a drone to ensure good record keeping.
>>
>> Maybe fixed wing electric plus solar from the EFF?
>>
>> Or Good Samaritan private pilots?
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:26 PM Jonathan Romero <jonnyro at jonnyro.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe have your lawyer request the info from BNSF.
>>>
>>> They probably know exactly where those trains were.
>>>
>>> I’d also see if flickr or any other image sharing site has images on
>>> that date or general location.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 5:23 PM Arlo Barnes <arlo.barnes at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, a time so specific will be hard to find.
>>>> https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit shows various freely-licensed
>>>> imagery from that area, and the most recent one from Bing aerial there is
>>>> from October 14th, 2016. Is there a bit of fuzz allowable on the time/date?
>>>> —Arlo James Barnes
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