Re: [OSM-dev] Fwd: [Feature suggestion] importing bitmap/vectir gfx fort easing map editing

2015-06-02 Thread Andréa Loyer
Le 02/06/2015 19:16, Chris Hill a écrit : Hi Andréa, Following an exchange offlist I want to confirm that any image that you trace from must be compatible with ODbL (that OSM uses). Simply adjusting an image to trace from does not exempt you from copyright or licence restrictions. If you do

Re: [OSM-dev] Fwd: [Feature suggestion] importing bitmap/vectir gfx fort easing map editing

2015-06-02 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
Another possibility to acquire legitimate aerial imagery for mapping is to shoot it in-house by an specialized industrial UAV: https://www.sensefly.com/ . And even consumer UAVs producers at last start to design inbuilt HD camera with possibility of 90 degrees (down) direction (

Re: [OSM-dev] Fwd: [Feature suggestion] importing bitmap/vectir gfx fort easing map editing

2015-06-02 Thread Oleksiy Muzalyev
Hello Andréa, Authors of these articles mention Hugin http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ and GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ as tools for aerial imagery orthorectification: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Balrog/Aerial_Imagery/Rectification https://answers.launchpad.net/hugin/+question/228044

Re: [OSM-dev] Fwd: [Feature suggestion] importing bitmap/vectir gfx fort easing map editing

2015-06-02 Thread Peter Körner
Hi JOSM is already capable of doing this using the PicLayer Plugin: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/PicLayer I'm not sure what you mean with in OSM. Regards, Peter On 02.06.2015 10:56, Andréa Loyer wrote: Hello, I juste started editing some laps, ans if I think osm édit

[OSM-dev] Fwd: [Feature suggestion] importing bitmap/vectir gfx fort easing map editing

2015-06-02 Thread Andréa Loyer
Hello, I juste started editing some laps, ans if I think osm édit interface prety good, IT would be a killer feature to be able to load a picture (bitmap or vector gfx) to rotate it and scale it to fit the map in order to place installations and roads precisely. It seems quit simple to add, at

Re: [OSM-dev] Fwd: [Feature suggestion] importing bitmap/vectir gfx fort easing map editing

2015-06-02 Thread Chris Hill
Hi Andréa, Following an exchange offlist I want to confirm that any image that you trace from must be compatible with ODbL (that OSM uses). Simply adjusting an image to trace from does not exempt you from copyright or licence restrictions. If you do not have a suitable licence or written