[OSM-talk] Yahoo updates aerial imagery

[simon at mungewell.org]

If you're tagging it can I also suggest a resolution tag.

There are many areas in Canada with have images available, but there are
so low res they are next to useless for street mapping.

Mungewell.

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> Martijn van Exel wrote:
> | Hi all,
> |
> | Yahoo announced the 'single biggest imagery update' update for Yahoo!
> | Maps yesterday. See the post here -->
> http://ylocalblog.com/blog/2008/04/11/see-more-on-yahoo-maps/
> | It doesn't say anywhere specifically which areas / countries / cities
> | have been updated, or whether the updates mean more aerial coverage.
> | Reading the blog post, my guess is the update is US-centric. It adds
> | 'up to two zoom levels' in certain areas. All in all good news for all
> | US-based or -centered Potlatch mappers, I'd say.
>
> I note that near where I live, someone has traced the edge of the high
> resolution imagery and tagged it:
>
> note=Limit of Yahoo! aerial photography around Oxford.
>
> This is great, but can we make a standard tag for this that we can
> search for across the whole world, using OSMXAPI for example?
>
> Like:
>
> aerial_imagery_available=Yahoo!
> aerial_imagery_available=openaerialmap
>
> Do people agree with this example? If so I'll add it to Oxford and any
> others I come across.
>
> Jamie
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