[OSM-talk] Using images as a backdrop for editing OSM data

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Mikel Maron <mikel_maron at yahoo.com> wrote:
> With Map Warper http://wrp.geothings.net/ you can rectify the image use
> ground control points against existing OSM data, or Landsat. There's a WMS
> end point for the warped image you can configure for use in JOSM.

Thanks, that sort of tool was exactly what I was looking for, I
uploaded an image to the site but when I view it with ewmsplugin in
JOSM I only get the red background with "Exception occurred"
indicating an error in the remote application, this is one of the URIs
JOSM tried to use:

http://wrp.geothings.net/cgi/mapserv.cgi?map=/home/timwarp/wrp.geothings.net/releases/20080718131730/db/mapfiles/map2.map&layers=image215&REQUEST=GetMap&VERSION=1.1.1&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/png&SRS=EPSG:4326&bbox=-22.5246436,63.9904647,-22.0127198,64.5023884&width=500&height=499