[OSM-newbies] my town can provide me with much better photos than yahoo

Timothy C Litwiller tim at litwiller.net
Mon Oct 19 01:10:03 BST 2009


I'll do that - I have the pictures at work.

On 10/18/2009 5:22 PM, John Whelan wrote:
> Could you make one available via email so some one could try it out 
> then write down the steps?  Unless of course there is a tutorial for 
> doing it floating around.  URL can be an address of a file on your 
> machine by the way.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> Timothy C Litwiller wrote:
>>
>> Hillsboro, Kansas, USA The city has had thier own aerial photography 
>> made and are willing to make them free of charge and free of terms of 
>> use.  At least the lowest resolution which is at least 4 times better 
>> than yahoo and some better than google.
>> They are 2 years old - but not much changes in a town this size. The 
>> best resolution of the 4 square miles takes 2 cdroms but I don't need 
>> that kind of resolution.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/2009 3:55 PM, John Whelan wrote:
>>> Which country?
>>>
>>> Thanks John
>>>
>>> Timothy C Litwiller wrote:
>>>> they are willing to provide them free of charge for any use if we will
>>>> map the town. I've only ever used potlatch. How can I align the 4
>>>> pictures they have that cover the town with the pictures in potlatch - I
>>>> tried the url method suggested on the wiki and I guess it is for someone
>>>> with more knowledge of how it works than I have. I didn't get anything
>>>> to show up so I switched back to yahoo. but it isn't clear enough to
>>>> trace building in out town.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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