Cartography with Astral Projection

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Cartography with Astral Projection

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So a wilderness scout has the psychic sensitive power of Astral Projection. They wanted to know if they could project astrally in the physical plane /coexist thing, at high speed and use their special OCC ability of cartography to make a map quicker than having to hike or mountain bike.

Can they do it?

Do they need Total Recall?

Does it matter how they do the astral projection? Like flying high and looking down or fly over the tree line and hundreds of miles per hour before returning.

It does make me wonder how easy it is to get a map of any particular area?
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I'd allow it. Though if they're zooming around at 500 mph (per the ability) then the map would be pretty poor quality, but they could cover a large area.

Main advantage would be to psychically zoom to an area, then slowly explore it to gather the area's details. You wouldn't have much for the path there and back, but decent quality of the area examined.
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Thanks for the feedback.

Double checked Rifts Ulitmate Edition:

Speed Mach 1 (670 mph/1072 km) float and fly above ground

Duration: 5 minutes per level.

4d4 prep time (so average 10 minutes)

Can pass through everything and see the invisible.

I imagined 2 approaches:

1. Birds Eye view from above. Take a mental picture.

2. Racing around the local area like 2 miles sided squre, like the Flash, only passing through the trees. Figured one would see whatever animals, monsters, and significant landscape features.
So around 4 square miles given they can fly 2 miles in 1 round.

I really don't know what that is like mentally but 2 minutes for one square mile would probably look like time standing still or at least in slow mo. Although, to a frequent astral projector they would be used to it. Figure they don't search ever square foot just every major visable hazard or identifable feature.
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I'd say yes; a high altitude picture would be a good start, followed by investigation would really help speed up the process.
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The total recall power would make the job easier.
You'd probably want another psychic there to protect the empty body.
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