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Google Streetview is not live. With this paid service, a robot with
built-
in camera flies from its base to the place you specify, streaming back
video for you. When it gets there, it flies around in a pre-determined
pattern. Pay a bit more and you can fly it.
TED: Augmented Reality Maps
http://www.ted.com/.../blaise_aguera.html
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Bing Maps research [iaoth, Jul 25 2011]
[link]
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Lots of people with cellphone cameras with GPS, maybe a service that rings someone nearby and gives them some sort of credit for accepting the task. |
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rcarty's idea is not far from being implemented
already (see TED link). |
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What would News of the World have done with a service like this? |
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I guess it would be stunningly expensive, not least to pay for the third party liability cover for flying UAV's in urban areas. |
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