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Shawn,

Your attached picture could be a model for the overhead camera setup used for video shots in football games. Perhaps some google searching on this topic may yield some help.

As I understand it, 3 winches with wire cable are mounted high in the stadium. The camera operator "flies" the camera to where he wants using an interface that tells the winches how much line each should give so that the camera is in the exact location needed. The math is probably a little more complicated than your application since camera height above the field, the diameter of the spooled cable on the winch drums and cable deflection would have to be accounted for.

Interesting project, I like it.

My solution is a little more low tech: I'm installing a drip irrigation kit for the shrubs next week.