[Talk-GB] Imagery offset at Banister House

[Mat Attlee]

Thank you everyone for your guidance. It was quite pains taking but I
aligned the Bing imagery with the major roads, updated the traces of the
buildings and then added all the solar panels on top which also took a
while as it is one of the UK’s largest community energy project on social
housing

https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97186314

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 15:55, Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> To realign base imagery with existing OSM data choose something at ground
> level, not multi-storey buildings.
>
> Use major road junctions as they're more likely to be accurately detailed.
> Find one with offshoot roads in different directions. Roundabouts are ideal
> for this.
>
> Position tall buildings at the ground position. Don't fall into the
> Parallax error trap:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax
>
> DaveF.
>
> On 08/01/2021 10:37, Mat Attlee wrote:
>
> At some point I am going to add all the solar panels on top of buildings at
> Banister House (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/546227680) though in
> looking into this I noticed that many of the buildings have different
> offsets with the Bing imagery and some of their traces need some tweaking.
> When tracing in the panels should I adjust any of this and if so what
> approach should I take?
>
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