[OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

Dave F. davefox at madasafish.com
Sat Feb 6 12:51:07 GMT 2010


Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com wrote:
>   
>> We want to raise funds to buy high res photos of Kosovo for tracing.
>>     
>
> Sometimes you buy imagery... and sometimes you buy the place outright:
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/skrunda-soviet-ghost-town_n_450719.html
>   
$3.1m for only 110 acres? A tad expensive maybe?

I can't imagine the buildings being of good quality.

In Manhatten, yes, but in the middle of Latvia? Something smells fishy 
to me.

Dave F.




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