On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Ian Dees <ian.d...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:56 PM, enqd <e...@ymail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, I'm newbie on OSM and as I can see we have only Yahoo imagery as >> base to map some cities on Brasil (only some bigger ones) >> Recently I read on wiki that a service called nearmaps host maps to >> be used on OSM. >> I know a service on Brazil that have some ortophotos free, all can use >> it (services that use the images only need to specify that images are >> from IBGE source) >> I would like to ask if OSM or anyone can host this images to be used on >> OSM. >> The images are here: >> ftp://geoftp.ibge.gov.br/mapas/ortofoto/ >> >> Will be great to Brazilian users if we have this images as base to add >> streets and places on OSM. >> Hope someone can host it, thanks. >> > > Does anyone know what the projection is on these? I can't read spanish, so > I'm of no use when Googling. > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
First of all it is not Spanish, but Portuguese. According to information printed on the PDF versions of the ortofotos: Projection system UTM zone 24 Vertical datum: IMBITUBA - SC Horizontal datum: SIRGAS2000 Hope that helps you _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
