I just found out the iD can directly load MapBox satellite. Unfortunately, it doesn't have tiles beyond z14 for areas I checked. For other places outside PH, there are tiles up to z19
On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 8:49 PM, ianlopez <[email protected]> wrote: > Some observations regarding Mapbox Satellite highres images: > > Partial list of areas covered > > Quezon: Patnanungan and other nearby islands, Tagkawayan, > Tiaong, Lucena, Mauban, Tayabas, Atimonan, western and eastern portions of > Alabat Island, Cabalete Island > Camarines Norte: Paracale > Camarines Sur: Naga, Caramoan > Albay: Legaspi > Sorsogon: Donsol > Laguna: other areas covered by Bing imagery + Santa Maria, Mabitac, Famy, > Sinilioan > Batangas: Lipa, parts of Laiya, Nasugbu, Mabini, Calaca, Talisay > Metro Manila: 100% covered > Bataan: 100% covered > Antique: Seminara, Sibay, SIbato and Caluya islands > Marinduque: Mogpog, Buenavista > Aurora: parts of Baler, Dipaculao, Casiguran > Oriental Mindoro: Puerto Galer, Calapan, Victoria, Bulalacao > > > Other notes: > > Some areas (Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Cavite, Batangas, Quezon, > Bataan) are in black and white (a la OrbView-3) > Jomalig and Balesin islands (Quezon), Boracay (Aklan), Carabao Island > (Romblon), Balesin are not covered > > ----- > Blog: http://ianlopez1115.wordpress.com/ > OpenStreetMap/Twitter: ianlopez1115 > Facebook: ian.lopez > > ________________________________ > From: maning sambale <[email protected]> > To: osm-ph <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:42 AM > Subject: [talk-ph] Mapbox Satellite has highres fro PH > > Check and browse here: http://www.mapbox.com/tour/#section-satellite > I'm not sure how extensive or is it better than Bing in some areas. > > Right now, the satellite tiles are available to paid mapbox users, but > OSM users can use the tiles for tracing: > > http://support.mapbox.com/discussions/general-questions/9924-using-satellite-images-for-osm-tracing > > -- > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
