[OSM-talk] Probably useful for people on the ground - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap kml overlay

[Sam Vekemans]

I belive the author of the kml pulls the data direct from thd API, i
havent seen much of a delay. (1 day at max?)
Anyone can contact the author on that website. He can also fix that
yellow text (ccBYsa OpenStreetMap) to look a little more professional.
What he has there is just temporary. (the walking papers
Black-on-White rectangle copyright would look MUCH better)

(im currently traveling, so i cant do that myself atm.)

A 25% transparency overlay might also be useful. (its a separate download)

Turn ON the GE terrain layer, and adjust the pitch angle. (so to see
more map area)
F11 (on the keyboard) makes it full screen. & PrntScreen (paste in
windows) can make a quick & dirty JPG of that your seeing. (great for
overhead projector use)
-the Cyclemap layer will show contours (but the rendering is 2 weeks
old, unless Andy wants to push it a little)

Thats all i got.
Sam

On 1/18/10, Jean-Guilhem Cailton <jgc at arkemie.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I entered the link to the OpenStreetMap - mapnik overlay in the wiki,
> with the simple instructions, MGMaps.com as provider and unspecified
> update frequency.
>
> Let me know if it looks ok for you.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jean-Guilhem
>
>
>  >>>>
>
> Hi,
> Would someone be able to update the wiki and add in the link to the Google
> Earth View. (im not good at wiki-editing)
> http://www.mgmaps.com/kml/
> You can download just the OpenStreetMap - mapnik overlay here
> http://www.mediafire.com/file/zmyz20wzyat/maps_osm_m.kml
> ... Simple instructions is the just hide all other layers in google earth
> and just show this one.
>
> Hopefully it can be useful to people on the ground.
> (many dont know that it exists)
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
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