Hi Thomas, You might want to check out the DigitalGlobe Maps API - this offers (free) global high resolution coverage. You add it as a plugin to QGIS and do the mapping from there.
Check out this link if you are interested, https://developer.digitalglobe.com/using-maps-api-with-qgis/ Best, Colleen On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Robert Banick <rban...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > Try speaking to Mikel Maron at Mapbox (and HOT) (mikel.ma...@hotosm.org). > Sometimes Mapbox can help out by procuring high resolution imagery for > specific areas and adding it to the Mapbox Satellite layer accessible > through JOSM. > > If that doesn’t work I suggest you reach out to the U.S. State > Department’s Mapgive: Imagery to the Crowd initiative ( > http://mapgive.state.gov/ittc/). Often they can secure existing imagery > for you and/or procure custom imagery on request. > > You’ll probably need to prepare a specific AOI for all these requests. > > Good luck! > Robert > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:32 PM Jean-Guilhem Cailton <j...@arkemie.com> > wrote: > >> Le 22/11/2016 à 11:46, Thomas Kandler a écrit : >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > sorry for the OT, but I have a question with seems suitable for the >> > audience: >> > >> > is it possible to aquire high-res imagery (meaning <=10m + maybe >> > multispectral) for non-profit use in Sierra Leone in a cost-saving way? >> > >> > The non-profit is aiming to map out the mining activity in the whole >> > country to get a grip on the administration of those activities. >> > Unfortunately they have little to no funds for software or data. >> > >> > >> > Just a shot in the dark from me, so ignore if too OT. >> > >> > >> > Thanks & have a great day >> > Thomas >> > >> >> Hi Thomas, >> >> For free 10 m resolution imagery - that could be suitable for mapping >> mining activity -, you could have a look at Sentinel 2 satellite images >> (also multispectral, with various lower resolutions): >> http://sentinel-pds.s3-website.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/browser.html >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Jean-Guilhem >> >> -- >> "Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain." >> Transparency International >> https://www.transparency.org/whatwedo/publication/ >> preventing_corruption_in_humanitarian_operations >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > >
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