[OSM-talk-be] Bing Updated

[Ben Laenen]

On Wednesday 21 September 2011 21:08:12 Renaud MICHEL wrote:
> On mercredi 21 septembre 2011 at 11:18, Gerard Vanderveken wrote :
> > Bing updated the background imagery for JOSM and Potlatch to spring 2011.
> > I've also the impression the resolution is now on par with bing.com/maps.
> > Now you can map also very recent buildings and other objects.
> 
> I hope they don't stop here, as it seems a work in progress.
> Looking over Liège at a place I know changed recently, hospital "le valdor"
> (see http://osm.org/go/0Eqqh5ZcK-) up to zoom 17 I now get images from
> 10/10/2010, but at zoom 18 and over it is still images from 10/6/2007 when
> the hospital was in re-construction.
> This is not a JOSM problem, as you can see on bing site
> http://be.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=50.63429469934849~5.589405251254638&lvl=17&
> dir=0&sty=h&form=LMLTCC
> 
> We'll see in the coming days.

As you maybe can see, the new imagery is less detailed then what they had 
before in some locations, so they chose the (IMO) sensible option to show 
older images when you're zoomed in. Sure, it can look weird, but it's either 
this, or blocky images at zoom 18.

Ben