[OSM-talk] Fw: Yahoo! imagery in OSM

[Mikel Maron]

> Good news! :-)
> 
> Wonder how this will impact upon the average OSM surveying trip?  I guess 
> the focus will move to street-name collection exercises, though I can 
> still see a need for GPX tracks particularly for countryside footpaths.

Do note that Yahoo's aerial imagery focuses on major cities, and not all of them..

http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2006/06/27/going-i-n-t-l-with-the-satellite-imagery/
http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2006/08/15/more-international-satellite-imagery-for-yahoo-maps/

so Berlin and Bangkok, but not Birmingham or Brighton (a major city to me ;) )


I look at this a great addition to our toolbox. We still need local knowledge and experience,
street names and traffic restriction notes, and GPS tracks. I'm still psyched to get out
and gather data .. that's the best part for me. But for  say, surveying yet
another suburban development full of cul-de-sacs, this should cut down the tedium!

-Mikel