On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Maitham <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> Does anybody know how can I get the source of OSM data? e.g. if it is >> captured by GPS or traced from satellite images > > Dear maythm Al bakri, > > Data in OSM will include material referenced from personal surveys, > perhaps including GPS, traced from satellite and other aerial imagery, > from dead reckoning or personal knowledge and from imports from other > sources. The source of any specific sub-set of OSM data may still > include multiple sources through the history of that data sub-set. > > The source of any specific object might include a source= tag, to give > you a hint of the source, but that tag is not mandatory or may be out > of date.
Also checking the history of an object and reading the change set comments may provide additional clues. > Best regards, > Richard > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
