[OSM-talk] Host free ortophotos to be used on OSM

[Ian Dees]

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:56 PM, enqd <enqd at ymail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I'm newbie on OSM and as I can see we have only Yahoo imagery as
> base to map some cities on Brasil (only some bigger ones)
> Recently I read on  wiki that a service called nearmaps host maps to
> be used on OSM.
> I know a service on Brazil that have some ortophotos free, all can use
> it (services that use the images only need to specify that images are
> from IBGE source)
> I would like to ask if OSM or anyone can host this images to be used on
> OSM.
> The images are here:
> ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas/ortofoto/
>
> Will be great to Brazilian users if we have this images as base to add
> streets and places on OSM.
> Hope someone can host it, thanks.
>
>
I'm working on downloading the images and will attempt to host them in the
near future. Let me (and the list) know if you find alternate hosting.
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