[OSM-newbies] Yahoo satellite imagery

[Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists)]

The Yahoo imagery only covers certain cities and other locations around the
globe. For coverage see:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Aerial_Imagery/Coverage

Cheers

Andy

>-----Original Message-----
>From: newbies-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:newbies-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Bob Hawkins
>Sent: 20 October 2009 6:04 PM
>To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: [OSM-newbies] Yahoo satellite imagery
>
>I have used JOSM for some time, but I have not made use of Yahoo satellite
>imagery until now, using my own GPS data instead.
>
>JOSM Edit>Preferences>wmsplugin has a More details link:
>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/WMSPlugin, from which I
>downloaded the webkit-image.zip file from that page and extracted its
>contents into the same folder as my josm-tested.jar file, version 2255.
>The page instructions then read, "Do 'WMS' menu -> YAHOO (Webkit)".
>However, my WMS drop-down menu reads, in order, "Landsat, Landsat, NPE
>Maps, Open Aerial Map, and Yahoo Sat".
>I selected 'Yahoo Sat' for my area (near Reading, England), and tiles with
>the text, "We're sorry, the data you have requested in unavailable.  Please
>zoom out to see more information or refresh your browser to try again."
>appeared.  I tried another area, in London, and the satellite imagery
>loaded satisfactorily, covering the whole screen.
>My resulting questions are:
>1. Is the OpenStreetMap WMS plugins' page incorrect when it refers to
>'YAHOO (Webkit)', or am I missing something?
>2. Does the Yahoo satellite imagery not cover the whole of the United
>Kingdom, say?
>3. If so, is there anywhere where one can find a coverage map?