Finally, the long wait for more recent and detailed imagery for tracing in OpenStreetMap, especially in Metro Manila and Calabarzon, has come.
Mapbox Satellite has released new imagery of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, and Quezon for tracing in OpenStreetMap. The newly released imagery replaced cloudy imagery on southern Metro Manila, Cavite, part of Laguna, Batangas and Rizal, and imagery possibly taken between 2010, 2011, or 2012 (and also used by Bing) in areas in Cavite and Laguna. Most areas of Batangas not previously covered by Mapbox Satellite, like the rest of Lipa, Cuenca, Alitagtag, San Jose, Batangas City, Ibaan, Lobo, and Taysan, have finally received more recent imagery, possibly taken in early or mid-2016. This allowed more detailed mapping and mapping the latest developments on areas in Batangas where Bing has older coverage (e.g. western Batangas, eastern Lipa, Padre Garcia, Rosario, and part of San Juan, which has imagery dated April 2010 or April 2013), cloudy imagery (e.g. parts of San Jose and Ibaan) or no imagery (e.g. western Rosario, rest of Taysan and San Juan, and some barangays of Batangas City, near the boundary with Taysan). I took some time to map missing features (e.g. streets of the poblacion of Taysan, some buildings and the San Jose Cockfighting Arena in barangays Calansayan and Aguila, San Jose, a creek near barangay Lapu-Lapu in Ibaan, an NGCP 69 kV line near barangay Malainin, Ibaan, and the Puyat Steel Plant in barangay Masaya, Rosario) and recent developments (Camella Solamente and San Gabriel Power Plant in Batangas City), using the latest imagery. Aside from Batangas, Quezon (western areas), Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, and parts of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija received new imagery. The latest imagery in Quezon replaces the blurry imagery that once covered the areas from Tiaong to Atimonan, including Lucena. The new imagery in Rizal included the area from Tanay to the boundary with Laguna in Pililia, and the 54 MW Pililia Wind Farm is shown in detail. Bulacan, which is also covered by the past update has newer coverage, which also includes Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales (Olongapo, including parts of Subic Bay Freeport Zone), Tarlac (up to Tarlac City anc La Paz), and Nueva Ecija (up to Zaragoza, Jaen, and western part of Santa Rosa) Happy mapping. --TagaSanPedroAko
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