[talk-au] More NearMap Sydney imagery...

[Jonathan Trott]

On 28/11/2009, at 19:04, Roy Wallace wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> And what about JOSM? So far I've just been using Potlatch because "it
>> just works". What do I have to do to get Nearmap going in JOSM?
> 
> As Leon said, first go to
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/NearMap_PhotoMaps#JOSM. I would
> suggest using "SlippyMap Plugin (Method 1, Using custom Slippymap
> plugin)".
> 
> It's fast, and it works. A few tips (these should be added to the wiki
> at some point...):
> 
> * download http://map-data.bigtincan.com/data/slippymap-tested.jar
> * put the plugin in your josm plugin directory (google "josm plugin directory").
> * download http://josm.openstreetmap.de/josm-tested.jar
> * in josm, turn on the slippymap plugin (Edit->Preferences, find the
> plugins tab then check the slippymap-tested checkbox)
> * have a play with the slippymap options (Edit->Preferences, find the
> slippymap tab -> i'd recommend increasing the max zoom level, and
> turning on autoload etc.
> 
> Let me know if that helps. If it helps, can you put it in the wiki for
> me? gtg kthxbai
It seems to be even easier now with the 2555 build of JOSM. The built in slippymap plugin supports NearMap Australia as a built in option.
Now I just need to compare to a few GPS traces before I start aligning roads around my suburb.
Thanks,
JT