[Merkaartor] Yahoo maps offset

Chris Browet cbro at semperpax.com
Wed Oct 15 12:56:30 BST 2008


Could you provide an OSM link, please.

Thx
- Chris -

2008/10/15 Thomas Weichmann <tomcw at roadrunner.com>

> On Tuesday 14 October 2008 06:53:01 pm Daniel van Gerpen wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:48:56 -0400
> > Thomas Weichmann <tomcw at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > I'm running 0.13-SVN from about two weeks ago and I'm having trouble
> with
> > > Yahoo maps being offset from my ways downloaded from OSM.  Is this a
> bug,
> > > or is it a variable I need to setup?
> >
> > This is a problem of the yahoo maps themselves. Potlatch provides a way
> to
> > align the images with gpx.
> >
> >
> >
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Yahoo!_Aerial_Imagery#Problems_with<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Yahoo%21_Aerial_Imagery#Problems_with>
> >_tracing_Yahoo
> >
> > Regards,
> > Daniel
> >
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Not sure if I explained this correctly, but I'm not referring to gpx files,
> but actual OSM ways.  To explain a bit better, if I open an area in
> potlatch,
> Elmwood Avenue lines up perfectly with the Yahoo image of Elmwood Avenue.
>  If
> I open the same area in Merkaator, it does not.  In Merkaator, the way is
> offest from the image.
>
> Tom
>
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