[Talk-GB] Bing Imagery update

[Gregory]

I thought I had replied here already...
You can tell the date of a tile by using this tool
http://mvexel.dev.openstreetmap.org/bing/ (zoom in to see the dates of high
zoom levels).

I listed it as the second Christmas present to mappers.
http://www.livingwithdragons.com/2011/12/christmas-presents-for-mappers

On 19 December 2011 19:25, Craig Loftus <craigloftus+osm at googlemail.com>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.
>
> 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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Gregory
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