[Talk-us] USGS Orthoimagery

[Saikrishna Arcot]

Hi all,

I noticed that there is a wiki page on the USGS High Resolution Orthoimagery[1], but that the link is outdated. The new resource to use is likely one of these[2] folders. I've looked at the 1-foot imagery, and this seems to be sharper or equal quality than the Bing imagery in at least two areas. In addition, according to this[3] page, only Canada and the border data is marked as "View only"; all other counties are public domain.

Is there any reason this imagery can't be used in OSM, and perhaps even be added as one of the pre-existing imagery sources in JOSM?

-- 
Saikrishna Arcot

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[1] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/USGS_High_Resolution_Orthoimagery
[2] http://isse.cr.usgs.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/Orthoimagery
[3] http://cumulus.cr.usgs.gov/listofortho.php
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