[OSM-talk] zoom yahoo data in potlatch?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 09:30:39AM +0200, bvh wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 10:40:42PM -0400, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> > > > in options, choose 'Aerial - OpenAerialMap' as background and you'll be fine
> > > 
> > > hmm, i'm slightly baffled by that. the oam coverage for nz is
> > > appalling at best and as an aside, i'd be very surprised if it was
> > > better resolution than the yahoo imagery anywhere on the planet
> > 
> > In the majority of the world, OAM and Yahoo! imagery are the same --
> > both based on Landsat. The difference, in those areas, is that OAM will
> > display tiles far above "1:1" ratio, as opposed to just giving a 'no
> > data' message.
> > 
> > Additionally, I highly doubt you will see anything higher resolution
> > than
> > http://openaerialmap.org/map/?lat=37.79202&lon=-122.32715&zoom=21&layers=BF
> > in Yahoo! anywhere on the planet.
> 
> I am not local, but the openstreetmap.org data at the north side of the
> canal does not seem to match what is on the imagery? More specifically
> the raster of streets seems out of place.

The OSM data in OAM is 6 months out of date, if that's what you're
referring to... It's probably already fixed in OSM.  

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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