[OSM-talk] Intriguing artifacts in GeoEye data

[Peteris Krisjanis]

WMS are with serious offset and no one haven't provided GPS references
yet. Maybe that's the reason.

Cheers,
Peter.



2010/1/18 ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen <g.gremmen at cetest.nl>:
> If you look at the coast of Haiti, west of port-au-prince
> some strange artifacts are shown on a lot of places where
> building and beach clubs (I presume) touch the coast line.
>
> Look here for example:
>
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=18.5474002361298&lon=-72.5111174583435&zoom=15
>
> and enable the GeoEye data.
>
> Under the sea level traces of the coastal buildings are seen.
>
> It seems as if the whole of Haiti coastline slided 50 meters southwards due to the quake.
>
> It's strange however, that only human constructions leave traces, and this makes
> this theory less probable.
>
> Any thoughts ???
>
>
>
> Gert Gremmen
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