[OSM-newbies] Trust Yahoo or OSM?

[Aspen Swartz]

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> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:18:11 -0600
> From: James Ewen <ve6srv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSM-newbies] Trust Yahoo or OSM?
> To: newbies at openstreetmap.org
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> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:54 PM, David Ellams
> <osmlists at dellams.fastmail.fm> wrote:
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>>> The aerial photos can be displaced slightly. Potlatch has a built in
>>> facility for moving the background photo to align it to the real
>>> world.
>>
>> Sorry, I am not clear - are you saying Potlatch will allow you to move
>> the Yahoo photography from its default position? If so, please could you
>> let me know how, as I cannot see an option.
>
> Go to http://www.openstreetmap.org in your browser. Zoom in to level
> 13 or better so that the edit button becomes available. Click on edit,
> and then select either "Edit Live", or "Edit with Save". Once you have
> Potlatch running, on the bottom of the screen is a button that has the
> word "Help" on it. Click that button, and a help screen opens up. On
> the top of the help screen, click on the word "Surveying". The last
> paragraph under "Using Satellite Photos" describes the process for
> shifting the photos against the map.
>
> While you have the help screen open, take a bit of time to read the
> information provided. Potlatch is actually a collection of fairly
> powerful tools, and information on how to access those tools is
> available in the help file.
>
> Now, you are probably thinking that it would have been much easier to
> simply say "Hold down "Space", and drag the background", but I'm
> hoping you and others will actually take the time to read the help
> file rather than keep asking those who have read the help file to
> regurgitate it for you. Richard went to the trouble to create the help
> file, the least we can do is read it.
>
> It's the old "Teach a man to fish" adage...
>
> The real short answer would have been RTFHP. 8)
>
> James
> VE6SRV
>

Thank you, that was very clear and just the sort of learning I signed
up to the newbies list for.

Aspen (eulochon)