[Talk-GB] Imagery offset at Banister House

[Dan S]

Thank you Mat! Do you have a link to some info about this community
energy project please? I'd like to see what they're up to!

Dan

Op vr 8 jan. 2021 om 19:05 schreef Mat Attlee <mattattlee at gmail.com>:
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> 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
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> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/97186314
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> On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 at 15:55, Dave F <davefoxfac63 at btinternet.com> wrote:
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>> To realign base imagery with existing OSM data choose something at ground level, not multi-storey buildings.
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>> 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.
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>> Position tall buildings at the ground position. Don't fall into the Parallax error trap:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax
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>> DaveF.
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>> On 08/01/2021 10:37, Mat Attlee wrote:
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>> 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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