[talk-ph] General strategy to using bing imagery in areas with no active OSMer (was Re: Microsoft Bing Maps Imagerty [sic] Terms of Use)

[Noli Sicad]

Hi Anthony,

Now I got it.

I will do experimental editing and tracing.

Thanks a lot.

Regards, Noli


On 12/4/10, Anthony G. Balico <anthony.balico at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Noli,
>
> You may want to fire up a bit your josm using this little tweak
> 	> java -Xmx512m -jar josm-latest.jar
>
> I installed the "imagery" plugin instead, and its working great you may
> give it a try (a josm restart is necessary after installing a new
> plugin).
>
> After that, just simply download map from osm (3rd from left on the menu
> icons), box your area of interest (not so large otherwise you get an
> error).  By default it will download only osm data but i suggest you
> tick the "raw gps data" to pull the gps data from the db as well.  After
> both were download, click "Imagery" from the main menu then choose Bing
> Sat.  Now you're good to go :)
>
>
> Anthony
>
> On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 22:42 +1100, Noli Sicad wrote:
>> How do I start traces Bing Maps Imagerty (e.g. Iligan) using JOSM.
>>
>> Steps
>> 1. Download the latest josm-latest.jar
>> 2. In terminal (linux)
>>     > java -jar josm-latest.jar
>> 3. Install wmsplugin (for Bing Maps)
>>
>> What is next to do?
>>
>> 4.File -> New New Layer?
>> 5.
>> 6.
>> 7,
>>
>> Any short tutorial?
>>
>> I watched the JOSM videos by Steve Coast. It seems not applicable to
>> tracing maps.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Noli
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/1/10, maning sambale <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I'm posting this to generate insights on how we should maximize and
>> > accelerate data contributions in bing covered areas.
>> >
>> > At the moment there are a lot of bing imagery with minimal active
>> > ph-osmer (perhaps main reason is the lack of imagery).  I am
>> > predicting that this will change very soon when other people start to
>> > see that their area of interest has his-res imagery available.  As a
>> > community, how do we approach the info dissemination so that people
>> > become aware that there is imagery already in "X" town?
>> >
>> > Some suggestions:
>> > 1. Lets create a coverage list and add them here:
>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/hires_imagery
>> > . Do we have complete coverage sweep:
>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing/Coverage#Philippines ?
>>
>> > 2. Check nearby editors covered by bing and remind them that imagery
>> > is now available (via OSM messaging).
>> >
>> > 3.  "Seed" the area by tracing roads (temporarily tagged as
>> > highway=road).
>> >
>> > Adding stub roads can give an impression of completeness.  Hence, it
>> > can be counter-productive.  Personally, I have reservations on point 3
>> > (but lack the patience to wait for a passionate contributor in "X"
>> > town) :) .
>> >
>> > On the long term, the main strategy would be to encourage local osm
>> > groups within these imagery covered areas.
>> >
>> > Any ideas?
>>
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