[Talk-gb-westmidlands] BING imagery

[Rob Nickerson]

Hi Peter,

I follow your methodology of tracing buildings from the most zoomed in (but
out of date) layer, and then re-align them to the next (but up to date)
zoom layer.

I think the most zoomed in layer can be badly aligned as it was taken from
a relatively low flying plane so at the edge of the image the photo is not
"straight down".

No idea about any bing imagery plans. In Coventry I'm assuming that's it
for now. Will keep an eye on MapBox as they may put some imagery online.

R

On 21 Sep 2013 10:17, "Peter Page" <peter at cvpages.plus.com> wrote:

Matt, Andy & Rob,

We have had the new Bing Maps covering most of Coventry and much of the
surrounding countryside for about 6 months now, and spreading fast.  Like
your area, it is not at the highest zoom.

I am now always using the new version for alignment, which as well as being
up to date is always aligned as good & often much better that the old
versions.  All results based on the new maps that  I have tested for
accuracy are now for practical purposes in line with the latest Google
Earth maps, and would appear to be the same as found on the ground.

The only real use I make of the highest zoom level is to trace buildings
more accurately and easier for shape, then to move them to line up with the
latest version for better accuracy.  Occasionally I also use the highest
zoom level to see what an area was like some years back!

Questions:

1.  Should everyone be encouraged to adopt my methodology?

2.  When will we get the new maps at highest zoom level?

PeterP

-----Original Message----- From: Matt Williams
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 12:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [Talk-gb-westmidlands] BING imagery



On 18 September 2013 11:41, Andy Robinson <ajrlists at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I note some new BING (sa...
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