[josm-dev] Bing imagery now available in JOSM
Russ Nelson
nelson at crynwr.com
Thu Dec 2 03:51:39 GMT 2010
Stephan Knauss writes:
> On 01.12.2010 12:26, Sebastian Klein wrote:
> > thanks to fast development by Ian Dees, Bing imagery can now be used in
> > JOSM.
>
> great job, thanks to Ian for the fast response.
>
> I really like the fast loading speed of the tiles compared to WMS
> solutions. In contrast to the WMS I miss the possibility to correctly
> align the aerial images.
>
> Our data in OSM is comparable to the tracks on Bing, both match the GPS
> tracks. But the image is shifted south-west.
In the few areas I've looked at, the Bing imagery is fine, and matches
the USGS DOQ. Very happy to have it, even if in certain areas, the
USGS has better data.
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