[OSM-talk] Bing aerial imagery priorities

[John Smith]

On 18 June 2011 01:18, Kate Chapman <kate at maploser.com> wrote:
> Hi Frederik,
>
> Yes I agree that the arm chair mapping isn't the best method of
> collection.  Though in some areas it will be difficult to ever have
> mappers on the ground without imagery.  The cost of a GPS is
> prohibitive in many places.

For other features, such as rivers and coast lines, arm chair mapping
is probably the best bang for the buck, since it's difficult if not
impossible to do this on the ground, that's before the amount of
labour is taken into account to get this data.