Hi Amrit, here in Norway we are well acquainted with poorly positioned Bing imagery. And similarly to Nepal (I presume) this is a big problem in areas where the elevation shifts frequently over short distances (in other words where it isn't just flat). It seems Bing isn't really adjusting their imagery to a digital elevation model. I have complained through Steve Coast who works at Microsoft/Bing and knows who to contact, but it does not seem to have helped. I'm hoping Mapbox will come to the rescue...
2013/7/10 amrit karmacharya <[email protected]> > Over the last several months, we have mapped all the schools and health > facilities here in Kathmandu, Nepal mostly visiting the ground with GPS. > We, OSM Nepal Community, are now experiencing imagery offset error in the > new Bing images (updated from 2/22/2011 to 11/22/2012) in Kathmandu, > Capital of Nepal (27.699080 lat, 85.317337 lon) leading to positional > displacement of all the mapped features. Although image offsets vary with > places and terrain, the offset we now see seems to be beyond the acceptable > limits. Could the new image be aligned to the existing data? > > Further, previous image had a bluish shade and was easier to identify > features on image. The new imagery have greenish haze making it more > difficult to identify features even to expert mappers. Can this issue be > addressed as well? > > The Bing Imagery has been updated recently, just a few days ago we > believe. > > Amrit Karmacharya > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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