I was viewing satellite imagery of the Angat, Bulacan area as I was preparing for a trip to GK Enchanted Farm tomorrow. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Bing imagery in JOSM for the said area was better (cloudless, hi-res) than Google Maps satellite or even Google Earth! Amazing
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:02 PM, maning sambale <[email protected] > wrote: > Great news! Eugene and I were just discussing a few hours when will Bing > update its imagery, and now this. > > At this pace, Bing can cover most of the country in a few years or less. > > Maning Sambale (mobile) > On Nov 22, 2012 9:51 PM, "Eugene Alvin Villar" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Totor, >> >> Great find! >> >> It seems Bing is ahead of schedule! I wasn't expecting new imagery until >> December (since they released updates in June and in September) >> >> Here are other areas I found that have new imagery: >> >> 1. A big patch covering northwest Mindoro (Lubang to Puerto Galera) and >> southwest Batangas (Calatagan towards Taal Lake) >> >> 2. A vertical strip passing through southern Isabela, eastern Quirino, >> and northern Aurora >> >> 3. A vertical strip passing through Cagayan. Cagayan is now almost >> completely covered and the whole of Tuguegarao is now covered. >> >> 4. A vertical strip in Misamis Oriental to Lanao del Norte. Laguindingan >> Airport is now covered and I think almost all of Cagayan de Oro's land area >> as well >> >> 5. A really tall vertical strip from just east of Marawi City all the way >> to the westernmost portion of Sarangani. >> >> 6. A vertical strip in South Cotabato centered around Mt. Matutum. >> >> I haven't done an extensive search so there may be others. >> >> Bing is releasing imagery faster than we are able to trace them! :-) >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Totor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I think I just found some new Bing Imagery: >>> >>> http://osm.totor.ph/Cebu_201204.osm >>> http://osm.totor.ph/Palawan_201103.osm >>> >>> More armchair mapping in view... >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Totor >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> talk-ph mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >> > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > -- website administrator: - www.waypoints.ph - reeflife.eppgarcia.com PADI Divemaster #491048
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