[OSM-talk] Barrier to entry: to trace from imagery on Ubuntu

[John Smith]

2009/12/24 Roy Wallace <waldo000000 at gmail.com>:
> Currently, it's my understanding that, if you're running Ubuntu and
> want to contribute by tracing imagery, you have to follow the
> instructions here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/WMSPlugin#On_Ubuntu_9.10_.27Karmic_Koala.27
>
> Is this right? If so, it seems to me that this might be able to be
> improved upon - it's currently somewhat buried in the wiki and
> requires a fairly involved set of steps to get it working. I wonder if
> improving this situation might be an opportunity to lower the barrier
> of entry to potential mappers. Anyone started looking in this
> direction?

Any reason you want to use Yahoo imagery instead of NearMap?