For those that can use non-standard HTTP ports, this data is available reprojected and tiled at <a href="http://cube.telascience.org:8000/va_2007/">http://cube.telascience.org:8000/va_2007/</a><div><br></div><div>JOSM URL is:</div>
<div>tms:<a href="http://cube.telascience.org:8000/va_2007/${zoom}/${x}/${y}.jpg">http://cube.telascience.org:8000/va_2007/${zoom}/${x}/${y}.jpg</a></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Josh Doe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:josh@joshdoe.com">josh@joshdoe.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I'm not sure how many are aware of this, but the Commonwealth of<br>
Virginia regularly acquires high resolution orthoimagery, through the<br>
Virginia Base Mapping Program, administered by the Virginia<br>
Information Technologies Agency (VITA). Some of this data is in the<br>
public domain. Specifically, the flights from 2002 and from 2006/2007<br>
are available online [1], and Google even uses some of this imagery<br>
for certain parts of Virginia (though not in my area). The imagery<br>
from 2006/2007 varies in resolution from 6 inches to 1 foot.<br>
<br>
Unfortunately this data is only available via an ArcGIS Server, using<br>
their REST interface. I made an attempt to write a plugin to support<br>
that interface in JOSM but was unsuccessful, however through some<br>
trickery I was able to create a local OSM-style tile cache of my small<br>
area of interest, and have found it very useful due to the high<br>
resolution and especially because I can see right through the trees,<br>
since it's off-leaf.<br>
<br>
It's expected that later this year VBMP imagery from 2009 is to be<br>
released into the public domain. This imagery varies in resolution<br>
between 3 inches and 1 foot. VITA is testing a WMS server, but there<br>
are no guarantees it will become available.<br>
<br>
If anyone is interested in adapting JOSM and/or Potlatch2 to support<br>
the ArcGIS REST tile interface, please let me, as I'd be interested in<br>
collaborating.<br>
<br>
It would be fantastic for Virginia OSMers to have access to this data,<br>
especially when the 2009 imagery becomes available!<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
-Josh<br>
<br>
[1]: <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Virginia#Virginia_Base_Mapping_Program_.28VBMP.29_Orthoimagery" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Virginia#Virginia_Base_Mapping_Program_.28VBMP.29_Orthoimagery</a><br>
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