[OSM-talk-be] Map compair link

[André Pirard]

On 2014-07-07 16:31, Glenn Plas wrote :
> FYI:
>
> This is quite an interesting page.  I see plenty of people using bing
> to put houses on the map but I really hate it when I noticed they used
> the deepest zoomlevel (the one that is offset) . This sure helps
> visualising this.   I grabbed it from a post in the general mailing list.
>
> http://mc.bbbike.org/mc/?lon=123.43508&lat=-75.07765&zoom=12&num=2&mt0=bing-satellite&mt1=mapnik
>
>
Great find, great post.
First, I'm glad to find a sort of official confirmation that comparing
two maps to use the open one better is allowed. Belgian maps are, of
course, not included but let's whisper in our ears that overlaying maps
in JOSM does the same.
Second, I'm glad to hear you speak (or "read you write" to save you a
trip to the door) of Bing in the same terms as I do.  I warned many
times and I'm really fed up having to offset other people's mapping.
Indeed Bing exhibits a substantial offset, and that's frustratingly at
high zoom, and moreover that's depending on location !!!
I use a JOSM correction offsets (according to location) when I'm not
absent minded.
The simplest way to bulk map with Bing, or to correct other people's
work, is to map with an offset, select everything, zoom out and shift
the lot to the correct location (or do it "like above").

I had in mind to make extensive offset tests of different maps and maybe
post the results.
The first in line would be Marc's find below.
To the best of my eyesight, it's Bing in WMS and the first question is,
of course, is it offset-ill?
Believe it or not, I didn't have time to investigate yet :-(
You might have a look and, if it's sane, start a Bing removal campaign :-)

Cheers,

André.


On 2014-04-10 17:02, Marc Gemis wrote :
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Alex Barth* <alex at mapbox.com <mailto:alex at mapbox.com>>
> Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:56 PM
> Subject: [OSM-talk] High res DigitalGlobe imagery open for tracing
> through Mapbox Satellite
> To: Talk <talk at openstreetmap.org <mailto:talk at openstreetmap.org>>
> Cc: Kevin Bullock <kbullock at digitalglobe.com
> <mailto:kbullock at digitalglobe.com>>
>
>
> Effective immediately the Mapbox Satellite option in iD and JOSM is
> 100% open for tracing in OpenStreetMap, including all our high
> resolution DigitalGlobe imagery. This is full coverage down to zoom
> level 19 imagery in the US + Western Europe and world wide to zoom
> level 17.
>
> To use this imagery select "Mapbox Satellite" from the imagery menu in
> iD on the web or in JOSM. Mapbox Satellite is open for tracing in
> OpenStreetMap in general and not tied to a specific editor, so if you
> would like to add Mapbox Satellite to another OpenStreetMap editor you
> are welcome to do so.
>
> Big props to Kevin Bullock (cc'ed) and our friends at DigitalGlobe -
> it's fantastic working with good people who see wins of working with
> OpenStreetMap.
>
> Alex
>
> PS - on an existing installation of JOSM you'll have to refresh your
> imagery menu like so: http://cl.ly/image/383O2L0t431s
>
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