[OSM-talk] Slippy map with Bing background

Alan Mintz Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.Net
Fri Jul 20 03:05:57 BST 2012


Is there a browser-viewable OSM-with-Bing-imagery-mashup somewhere that can 
be used as citable source for Wikipedia? I'm suggesting OSM as a potential 
source for accurate coordinates in WP articles, but realize that 
positioning is not necessarily reliable unless specifically tagged or 
easily compared against license-compatible imagery.

I'm assuming:

a) Getting coords from OSM and using them in WP (with cite) is allowed (is 
there a standard cite format?)
b) Looking at the Bing imagery to confirm OSM positioning is allowed, so 
looking at the two together is allowed to get coords even if the user 
doesn't choose to edit OSM to reflect them.

Note: I checked http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_Online_Browsing 
before writing this - none of the ones with worldwide coverage have the 
Bing sat imagery. I realize that Potlatch and JOSM can do this - I'm 
looking for a browser-only, no-login/no-edit solution.

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Alan Mintz <Alan_Mintz+OSM at Earthlink.net>




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