[OSM-talk] A newbie starting mapping

[Erwin Olario]

Hello! Welcome to OpenStreetMap, and thank you for your contributions.

Among the editors you've mentioned you're using, only Vespucci has the
option of re-aligning the imagery. See:
https://vespucci.io/help/en/Aligning%20background%20imagery/

The ideal way of adjusting imagery is to align it with many (many) SatNav
tracks, and Strava is often used for this, but this could get tedious if
you need to realign dense neighborhoods.

The practical way is to adjust the imagery to whatever is the alignment in
use in the area you're editing.

Good luck with your mapping efforts, and don't forget to have fun!

*Erwin Olario*
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On Mon, May 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM Ernst <ernst.te.brake at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> Hello,
> I am Ernst (de_pelgrim) a Dutch guy always interested in mapping, but
> never started the right way. Now I am doing some reading about mapping and
> planning to practice mapping during my holiday in Lesbos Greece.
> After walking around Petra (Lesbos) looking at what could be added I found
> a lot of mapping work that can be done.
> But my first remark is that the building drawn not always match the
> location on bing satellite images and I am not able to shift the satellite
> images to correct this. So is Bing not a good reference image or was an
> other reference image used, which one?
> Also a pier is about 10mtr off and has no connection.
> I'm using Android based tools like osm go, every door and vespucci, no
> desktop available at my holiday address.
> I hope someone can help me start, by explaining what's best to do.
> Best regards,
> Ernst.
> --
> Sent from my OnePlus 5 with K-9 Mail.
>
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