[Talk-us-massachusetts] Quality of US Large Scale Imagery

[Alan & Ruth Bragg]

Jason,
I installed your link in imagery preferences and I'm once again enjoying
the tree-less image layer.

If anyone is unfamiliar with installing  tms imagery, let me know and I'll
send you some tips.

I've been using the new .5m Google Imagery at Oliver for about a week. When
I want a better look at a specific location I select a node in JOSM and use
"Edit"-"Copy Coordinates" , and paste the coordinates into the "search for
a location" window in OLIVER
http://maps.massgis.state.ma.us/map_ol/oliver.php
To see the "Google 2014-2016" image you have to select it from the
"Basemap" pulldown window at the bottom right of the OLIVER screen.

Alan

new phone #  781-275-1737 (our old home number is now on my smart phone)

On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Jason Remillard <remillard.jason at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Alan,
>
> The treeless images that were in bing were sourced from MassGIS.
> ArcGIS.com hosts many MassGIS data sets as tiles. You can see them
> here.
>
> http://tiles3.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/
>
> To get the treeless tiles back, add this to your image preferences in JOSM.
>
> tms:http://tiles3.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/
> rest/services/USGS_Orthos_2013_2014/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x}
>
> Substitute USGS_Orthos_2013_2014 with any of the layer names listed at
> this page to use other layers.
>
> http://tiles3.arcgis.com/tiles/hGdibHYSPO59RG1h/arcgis/rest/services/
>
> MassGIS just purchased very new images for the state from google.
> Google has restricted its use and we can't use them from JOSM, but It
> looks like viewing the images in Oliver is ok.
>
> http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/it-serv-and-
> support/application-serv/office-of-geographic-information-massgis/
> datalayers/googleimagery.html
>
> Another MassGIS link worth looking at.
>
> http://www.mass.gov/anf/research-and-tech/it-serv-and-
> support/application-serv/office-of-geographic-information-massgis/
> datalayers/layerlist.html
>
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Alan & Ruth Bragg
> <alan.ruth.bragg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > It seems to me that the quality of the US Large Scale Imagery has
> > deteriorated in the last month or so.
> > Imagery at the high zoom levels seems much murkier.
> > I used to like to use it because it always seemed to be taken in the
> winter
> > without leaf cover; not so now.
> > Also, it's loading very slowly.
> >
> > Judging from building constructions in Bedford, the imagery is about the
> > same date as Bing.
> > I've never figured out how to check the date of the imagery. Can anyone
> help
> > me?
> >
> > I'm continuing my quest to review all un-named residential roads in MA
> > against the 2015 TIGER data. I did Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard over the
> > last couple of days. I'm working alphabetically, should be done in a
> couple
> > of years. It would go a lot quicker if I didn't stop to add a few
> amenities
> > along the way.
> >
> > Alan
> >
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