The Yahoo imagery only covers certain cities and other locations around the globe. For coverage see:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Yahoo!_Aerial_Imagery/Coverage Cheers Andy >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:newbies- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Hawkins >Sent: 20 October 2009 6:04 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [OSM-newbies] Yahoo satellite imagery > >I have used JOSM for some time, but I have not made use of Yahoo satellite >imagery until now, using my own GPS data instead. > >JOSM Edit>Preferences>wmsplugin has a More details link: >http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/WMSPlugin, from which I >downloaded the webkit-image.zip file from that page and extracted its >contents into the same folder as my josm-tested.jar file, version 2255. >The page instructions then read, "Do 'WMS' menu -> YAHOO (Webkit)". >However, my WMS drop-down menu reads, in order, "Landsat, Landsat, NPE >Maps, Open Aerial Map, and Yahoo Sat". >I selected 'Yahoo Sat' for my area (near Reading, England), and tiles with >the text, "We're sorry, the data you have requested in unavailable. Please >zoom out to see more information or refresh your browser to try again." >appeared. I tried another area, in London, and the satellite imagery >loaded satisfactorily, covering the whole screen. >My resulting questions are: >1. Is the OpenStreetMap WMS plugins' page incorrect when it refers to >'YAHOO (Webkit)', or am I missing something? >2. Does the Yahoo satellite imagery not cover the whole of the United >Kingdom, say? >3. If so, is there anywhere where one can find a coverage map? _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
