Hello, There used to be Digital Globe Vantage layer that was showing the date of imagery acquisition. It was available in https://github.com/osmlab/editor-layer-index. Will there be a replacement one, so a quick review of what's available is possible?
On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 7:05 PM Tyler Radford <tyler.radf...@hotosm.org> wrote: > Happy Friday HOT, > > In case you missed it or haven't mapped in a few weeks, there have been > some changes to DigitalGlobe (now Maxar) imagery layers. See Kevin > Bullock's diary update here: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/@kevin_bullock/diary/390153 > > Full text is below: > > DigitalGlobe, now Maxar [1], is transitioning the OpenStreetMap imagery > endpoints (from “DigitalGlobe Standard” to “Maxar Standard”; and from > “DigitalGlobe Premium” to “Maxar Premium”). OSM users should see content > parity between the old and the new layers by June 30, 2019. Starting July > 1, 2019, there will be only two Maxar layers available from within the OSM > editors – labeled with Beta. > > Our new imagery services use http/2 protocol. Please note that there are > some known speed issues with the JOSM editor. A JOSM plugin for http/2 > support is expected before the end of July (ticket #17861). In the > meantime, increasing the concurrent connections (e.g. to 20) will help. iD > editor already supports http/2. > > The good news: imagery will be more recent and more frequently updated > with our latest Maxar mosaic content. We hope that our improved production > processes (bundle block adjustment, atmospheric compensation, continuous > updates, etc.) will benefit OSM contributors. > > As always, thanks to everyone within OSM for all your support and > feedback. Shout out to the maintainers and contributors for iD and JOSM who > have been fantastic to work with. Look for Maxar at State of the Map and > State of the Map US; we will be attending and presenting more information > on this new image service. And please feel free to send us feedback. Happy > editing! > > [1] https://www.maxar.com/ > > > *Tyler Radford* > Executive Director > tyler.radf...@hotosm.org > @TylerSRadford > > *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* > *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* > web <http://hotosm.org/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> | facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> | donate <https://donate.hotosm.org> > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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