Remote control and offset

[Ilya Zverev]

On the other hand, there are many cases (esp. in level areas) where offsets work just fine. Or reduce the error from tens of meters to just meters.

Also Vespucci uses the offset database, which enables precise mobile editing. Soon Every Door will too. It's about sharing, like OSM itself.

Ilya

On Tue, 21 Jun 2022, at 18:36, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> sent from a phone
>
>> On 21 Jun 2022, at 17:18, Volker Schmidt <voschix at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The basic problem with the offset for basically all satellite image
>> providers, at least in Italy, is that it can vary from one image tile to
>> the next.
>
>
> this is also my experience, storing offsets has proven much more error 
> prone to me (because later forgot there was one) rather than moving the 
> background as needed (mostly not needed if you can do it “virtually in 
> your head”), so I stopped using the feature. Usually it is not a simple 
> offset but a distortion that would have to be fixed. 
>
> Cheers Martin