[OSM-newbies] [SOLVED] aerial imagery vs OSM data - which is correct?

Alexandros Papadopoulos alexandros.papadopoulos at gmail.com
Wed Feb 22 17:39:36 GMT 2012


On 21 February 2012 15:25, Johann H. Addicks <addicks at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Sometimes aerial imagery is not aligned with existing OSM data. Is it
>> possible to *know* which of the two is right?
>
> In most cases: Open in Josm or Potlach2 and load the GPX-tracks.
> From them (especially if there is big junctions with lots lof tracks) it's
> easy to tell.

Thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for.

Clicking the "GPS Data" in P2 makes the real approximate location of
ways pretty obvious.

Cheers

Alex



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