Are we allowed to trace yet? Am killing time for zambo area On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com>wrote:
> We should also check whether the imagery is aligned correctly. > > I looked at Calamba and the imagery seems to be shifted WNW by around > 5 meters compared to the numerous GPS traces. > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:09 PM, maning sambale > <emmanuel.samb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm posting this to generate insights on how we should maximize and > > accelerate data contributions in bing covered areas. > > > > At the moment there are a lot of bing imagery with minimal active > > ph-osmer (perhaps main reason is the lack of imagery). I am > > predicting that this will change very soon when other people start to > > see that their area of interest has his-res imagery available. As a > > community, how do we approach the info dissemination so that people > > become aware that there is imagery already in "X" town? > > > > Some suggestions: > > 1. Lets create a coverage list and add them here: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Philippines/hires_imagery > > . Do we have complete coverage sweep: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing/Coverage#Philippines ? > > > > 2. Check nearby editors covered by bing and remind them that imagery > > is now available (via OSM messaging). > > > > 3. "Seed" the area by tracing roads (temporarily tagged as > highway=road). > > > > Adding stub roads can give an impression of completeness. Hence, it > > can be counter-productive. Personally, I have reservations on point 3 > > (but lack the patience to wait for a passionate contributor in "X" > > town) :) . > > > > On the long term, the main strategy would be to encourage local osm > > groups within these imagery covered areas. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> By the way, Bing imagery is already available on Potlatch 2, not > >> Potlatch. You can access Potlatch 2 already at the main OSM website. > >> Just go to the area where you want to edit, hover over the Edit tab > >> until a small pop-up appears and click on the Potlatch 2 link. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> Here is more information: > >>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing > >>> > >>> And check first if the imagery is really rectified or aligned > >>> correctly; use GPS traces to confirm: > >>> http://blog.samat.org/p/Bing-Imagery-Misaligned-at-Lower-Zooms > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> Hi guys, > >>>> > >>>> Here's the terms of use: > >>>> > >>>> http://opengeodata.org/microsoft-imagery-details > >>>> > >>>> Please read before tracing. :-) > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> talk-ph mailing list > >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > cheers, > > maning > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk-ph mailing list > > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > > > > > -- > http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >
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