[OSM-talk] High res DigitalGlobe imagery open for tracing through Mapbox Satellite

[joi at betra.is]

This is greatly appreciated.

Having spent the last weeks identifying areas who need better, or any, 
imagery at all I notice that Iceland is not included in this layer (uses 
existing BING imagery).

Is Iceland an area that DG process imagery for or is it, for example, 
out of range at 64°N up towards 66°N and does not qualify as Western 
Europe in this definition?

Another area I've worked on is Botswana, which is generally good but has 
weak spots as well, not noticing any difference there either.

Again, many thanks for any additional imagery.


Þann 10.04.2014 15:03, kevinbullock10 at gmail.com reit:
> Thank you Alex, please see my DG blog post on this. Cheers!
> 
> http://www.digitalglobeblog.com/2014/04/09/mappingtheworldinosm/
> 
> Sent from myMail for iOS
> 
> Thursday, April 10, 2014, 8:56 AM -0600 from Alex Barth
> <alex at mapbox.com>:
> Effective immediately the Mapbox Satellite option in iD and JOSM is
> 100% open for tracing in OpenStreetMap, including all our high
> resolution DigitalGlobe imagery. This is full coverage down to zoom
> level 19 imagery in the US + Western Europe and world wide to zoom
> level 17.
> 
> To use this imagery select "Mapbox Satellite" from the imagery menu in
> iD on the web or in JOSM. Mapbox Satellite is open for tracing in
> OpenStreetMap in general and not tied to a specific editor, so if you
> would like to add Mapbox Satellite to another OpenStreetMap editor you
> are welcome to do so.
> 
> Big props to Kevin Bullock (cc'ed) and our friends at DigitalGlobe -
> it's fantastic working with good people who see wins of working with
> OpenStreetMap.
> 
> Alex
> 
> PS - on an existing installation of JOSM you'll have to refresh your
> imagery menu like so: http://cl.ly/image/383O2L0t431s
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