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Old 11-09-2011, 09:38 PM   #71
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If suburbanites wanted to live within 50 feet of a subway, guess where they would live?
Near a strip mall.


Oh, wrong subway....
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Old 11-09-2011, 09:52 PM   #72
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You'd likely need to angles, taken at the same time, to figure that out.
For sure. That could be used by finding distance between an object in the picture such as a tree. It won't be a perfect estimate but can get close.
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Old 11-10-2011, 10:27 AM   #74
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The pic is of the plane only - she snapped it when it was right overhead to get the tail number, so no buildings/horizon/etc. to use to show an idea of height.
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Old 11-10-2011, 10:37 AM   #75
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I'd like to see it, know if she was using zoom? We'd could at least get an idea. Blur out the numbers though.
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Old 11-10-2011, 11:25 AM   #76
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Knowing the focal length and camera used might be able to give a distance, but obviously couldn't be used to find the height.

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Old 11-10-2011, 11:28 AM   #77
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I am not looking for an exact number, just an idea. You could get it in the ballpark.
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I am not looking for an exact number, just an idea. You could get it in the ballpark.
What I mean to say is that it would tell you AT MOST what the altitude would be. Any angle of declination would obviously make it closer to the ground, than that.
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If suburbanites wanted to live within 50 feet of a subway, guess where they would live?
50 feet from a subway?
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