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

[Aun Johnsen]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
> Does anyone know what the projection is on these? I can't read spanish, so
> I'm of no use when Googling.
>
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First of all it is not Spanish, but Portuguese.

According to information printed on the PDF versions of the ortofotos:

Projection system UTM zone 24
Vertical datum: IMBITUBA - SC
Horizontal datum: SIRGAS2000

Hope that helps you