[OSM-talk] Can JOSM display images on background?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> There are people on the fourm[1] that wants to display ortorectified
> images on the background of JOSM. Does anyone know if this is
> possible? Not everyone carry around a WMS Server in their pockets, so
> I don't think the WMS plugin works.

The same question has just, again, popped up on the talk-de list. The 
map rectifier is one option. Another option is using the UMN MapServer 
as a WMS server, it can load and serve the orthorectified images. The 
procedure is a bit complicated but people have done it successfully, I 
can find out the details if required. The third option is doing some 
programming based on the WMS plugin and append functionality to load 
images from files; should not be too difficult, if there's anyone with 
Java skills tell them to contact me an I'll help them set up the dev 
environment.

Bye
Frederik