[OSM-talk] JOSM wms-plugin troubles (Yahoo! imagery)

[Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Thorir Jonsson<thorirmar at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm having some troubles with the WMS-plugin, or more precisely the
> Yahoo! imagery.  The troubles started after I upgraded Ubuntu from
> Hardy to Jaunty.  Whenever I try to download images from Yahoo! they
> appear distorted and torn into strips (screenshot here:
> http://tinypic.com/r/295zpfa/5).
>
> I'm using JOSM 1684 and have already tried removing the .josm
> directory and installing the WMS-plugin again, but to no avail.
>
> Any and all help appreciated.

It's a known issue see this FAQ:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/WMSPlugin#gnome-web-photo

I've had the best success with not using gnome-web-photo and compiling
a webkit binary instead:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/WMSPlugin#webkit-image_.28QT.29