[Talk-in] Id editor on Bhuvan

[Sajjad Anwar]

Dear GN,

> We checked Bhuvan today to get some idea.  We found that they also use
> Id editor for community contributions.

This is interesting. I couldn't find though. Can you share a
screenshot? This is particularly interesting for some of us who are
working to make OpenStreetMap software available for outside the
ecosystem.

>
> We are trying to get the high resolution satellite maps from ISRO for
> school and college mapping projects that we are currently doing.
>
> If openstreetmap.in would like to get the satellite maps from
> Bhuvan/ISRO, what do we need from them?  Do they have an API to pull
> them as background maps?  We may need them mostly while editing.  Since
> Id editor is already used by them, I am wondering they may already be
> using OSM software stack.

Couple of things to keep in mind here -

1. We'd need open licensing, or it should say that tracing for
OpenStreetMap is permitted.
2. The layers should be in Web Mercator projection. There are quite a
few Bhuvan layers that are not.

>
> Was there any history of osm community seeking data from ISRO?

Recently, we got in touch with ISRO for high resolution post
earthquake imagery for Nepal. They shared the raw data and some of us
at Mapbox processed it to make it available on OpenStreetMap -
https://twitter.com/geohacker/status/593114332164001792

Sajjad.