[Talk-GB] Bing Imagery update

[Craig Loftus]

> Not sure how widespread the update is, but certainly the Bing Imagery
> covering the Isle of Wight has recently been updated to imagery taken within
> the last few months.

There is new imagery (within ~6 months) in the North Yorkshire area.
Specifically I've seen new imagery just south of Middlesbrough and in
the Whitby area.

The resolution isn't all that great, which seems a little strange.

Craig

On 19 December 2011 13:53, Stephen Gower
<socks-openstreetmap.org at earth.li> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 06:05:43PM +0000, Robert Norris wrote:
>>
>> > Not sure how widespread the update is, but certainly the Bing Imagery
>> > covering the Isle of Wight has recently been updated to imagery taken within
>> > the last few months.
>>
>> Goes off to check nearby Portsmouth....
>>
>> Yay finally the Spinnaker Tower is there!
>
> To view this at http://www.bing.com/maps you need to select aerial
> photography with the "show labels" option unticked.  It seems to stretch
> from Poole Harbour in the west to Langstone Harbour in the east, and from
> the Isle of Wight north as far as Romsey and Chandler's Ford, but not up to
> Winchester.
>
> s
>
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