Re: [Talk-us] USGS Orthoimagery

2014-07-07 Thread Saikrishna Arcot
In this case, should the caching server, the direct (WMS) server, or both be recommended? -- Saikrishna Arcot On Monday, July 07, 2014 01:54:48 PM Ian Dees wrote: Note that the OSM US server tiles and caches the USGS NAIP and High Res Orthos and more information can be found here: http://wik

Re: [Talk-us] USGS Orthoimagery

2014-07-07 Thread Ian Dees
Note that the OSM US server tiles and caches the USGS NAIP and High Res Orthos and more information can be found here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States/Servers/Imagery ...but the upstream USGS server that used to host this imagery seems to be broken (it's

Re: [Talk-us] USGS Orthoimagery

2014-07-07 Thread Bryan Housel
The project for the common imagery sources is here: https://github.com/osmlab/editor-imagery-index You could enter an issue there to include this source so that it will be available in the various OSM editors. Before including it in the index, they will want to ensure that the source is properl

Re: [Talk-us] USGS Orthoimagery

2014-07-06 Thread Saikrishna Arcot
Unfortunately, the high-resolution imagery isn't available everywhere in the US yet, and Bing is better than the NAIP. -- Saikrishna Arcot On Sunday, July 06, 2014 08:28:27 AM Saikrishna Arcot wrote: Hi all, I noticed that there is a wiki page on the USGS High Resolution Orthoimagery[1], but

[Talk-us] USGS Orthoimagery

2014-07-06 Thread Saikrishna Arcot
Hi all, I noticed that there is a wiki page on the USGS High Resolution Orthoimagery[1], but that the link is outdated. The new resource to use is likely one of these[2] folders. I've looked at the 1-foot imagery, and this seems to be sharper or equal quality than the Bing imagery in at least t