[OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced

[dies38061 at mypacks.net]

Would application of notions described in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/True_Offset_Process (i.e. recording of offsets in a formal manner) be practical and useful here?  I have not reviewed all messages in this thread, so I do not know if this has already been brought up. --ceyockey (dies38061 at mypacks.net) (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ceyockey)


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>   3. Bing maps is misplaced (Jaak Laineste)
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>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:26:33 +0200
>From: Jaak Laineste <jaak.laineste at gmail.com>
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> It is good news that Bing aerials are available. The bad news is that
>Bing has made exactly the same mistake as Google, who has managed to
>misplace aerials in some areas in the beginning of September 2009.
>They are shifted about 20-25 meters, which makes them quite unusable
>for tracing.anything more than big roads.
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>Maybe they use same flawed source for aerials?
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>Affected area is Estonia, for example, and also some surrounding
>regions. It is easily seen even in Google and Bing own map services -
>when you switch to hybrid view. I put my quick analysis with examples
>to http://www.maakaart.ee/index.php/summary-in-english/google-and-bing-maps-errors
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>Jaak Laineste
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