[OSM-talk] When images are not calibrated

[David Haberthür]

> 
> On 18 Aug 2021, at 05:39, Jmapb <jmapb at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/17/2021 1:52 PM, Mike Thompson wrote:
>> The Strava Global Heatmap is a good reference.  It is the average of
>> all of their users who have cycled, ran, hiked, etc. on a given street
>> or path over the last two years.
> 
> Strava is great for helping with alignment, and IMO it's worth jumping
> through the hoops to get it to load. The exact permissions granted by
> Strava for OSM mappers are unclear at this point, but by my
> interpretation there's no problem using it as a reference for alignment.

Based on the OSM Wiki we *are* allowed to use the heatmap for tracing: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Strava&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#Data_Permission_-_Allowed_for_tracing.21 <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Strava&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#Data_Permission_-_Allowed_for_tracing.21>
I just used it yesterday to add a missing hiking track in the woods in SE France…

Habi
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