I don't understand what you mean by "plain old TMS or WMS". TileStache/TileCache do offer TMS (and TileCache does WMS).
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 7:46 AM, Josh Doe <[email protected]> wrote: > True, it is straightforward to get the tiles, and the specification is > open [1]. The trouble lies with reprojecting the tiles, or informing > the editor of the projection. Easiest way may be to write an extension > to MapProxy/TileCache/etc so we can just use plain old TMS or WMS. > Hopefully VGIN will directly offer this kind of service at some point. > -Josh > > [1]: http://resources.esri.com/help/9.3/arcgisserver/apis/rest/index.html > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 8:40 AM, McGuire, Matthew > <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is just jpegs over http. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Fawcett [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 1:20 PM > > To: Josh Doe > > Cc: OSM US Talk List > > Subject: Re: [Talk-us] High resolution off-leaf imagery of Virginia > (VBMP) > > > > You have to love open, public domain data only published in > > proprietary formats... > > > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Josh Doe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm not sure how many are aware of this, but the Commonwealth of > >> Virginia regularly acquires high resolution orthoimagery, through the > >> Virginia Base Mapping Program, administered by the Virginia > >> Information Technologies Agency (VITA). Some of this data is in the > >> public domain. Specifically, the flights from 2002 and from 2006/2007 > >> are available online [1], and Google even uses some of this imagery > >> for certain parts of Virginia (though not in my area). The imagery > >> from 2006/2007 varies in resolution from 6 inches to 1 foot. > >> > >> Unfortunately this data is only available via an ArcGIS Server, using > >> their REST interface. I made an attempt to write a plugin to support > >> that interface in JOSM but was unsuccessful, however through some > >> trickery I was able to create a local OSM-style tile cache of my small > >> area of interest, and have found it very useful due to the high > >> resolution and especially because I can see right through the trees, > >> since it's off-leaf. > >> > >> It's expected that later this year VBMP imagery from 2009 is to be > >> released into the public domain. This imagery varies in resolution > >> between 3 inches and 1 foot. VITA is testing a WMS server, but there > >> are no guarantees it will become available. > >> > >> If anyone is interested in adapting JOSM and/or Potlatch2 to support > >> the ArcGIS REST tile interface, please let me, as I'd be interested in > >> collaborating. > >> > >> It would be fantastic for Virginia OSMers to have access to this data, > >> especially when the 2009 imagery becomes available! > >> > >> Regards, > >> -Josh > >> > >> [1]: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Virginia#Virginia_Base_Mapping_Program_.28VBMP.29_Orthoimagery > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Talk-us mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-us mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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