Hi, Yup... I forgot to move osm.org.za + openstreetmap.org.za by the suspend deadline. I had a real adventure moving them to a new registrar and getting them unblocked. I was in good company: http://firefishy.com/orgza-domains-suspended-05092016-top.txt ;-)
Yes, the City of Cape Town aerial imagery is AWESOME! If you squint at the aerial imagery of Sandy Bay, it is just about possible to tell if someone is wearing a swimming costume. ;-) Link reminder: http://coct.aerial.openstreetmap.org.za/ I haven't updated the NGI aerial imagery since 2014. *hides in shame* I've received updated source files from NGI and plan to update it soon. Kind regards, Grant On 7 September 2016 at 13:54, Kieron Thwaites <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the effort Grant -- DNS appears fixed on my side (were you > one of the victims of the .org.za mess?), and the imagery looks > amazing. Already looking forward to putting it to good use. > > On a semi-related note, our imagery from NGI is starting to show its > age. I'm within walking distance of the Mowbray office, so if > updating this imagery is on your radar, let me know if there's > anything I can do to assist. > > --K > > On 5 September 2016 at 18:04, Grant Slater <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> And of course I experience an issue as soon as I sent this... >> openstreetmap.org.za DNS has issues, give me a few days to fix. >> Sorry for the inconvenience. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Grant >> >> >> On 5 September 2016 at 14:38, Grant Slater <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi OpenStreetMap ZA, >>> >>> I've been able to get permission for OpenStreetMap to use the City of >>> Cape Town's very high resolution 2015 aerial imagery (8cm). I >>> collected a copy of the imagery last month. >>> >>> It will be available in JOSM and iD in a few weeks time. >>> >>> In the mean time, here is a quick preview: >>> http://coct.aerial.openstreetmap.org.za/ >>> >>> The imagery is expressly ONLY FOR OPENSTREETMAP USAGE. I would have >>> preferred it be open to all, but wasn't able to negotiate this with >>> CoCT. >>> Note CoCT list the imagery on their Open Data portal: >>> https://web1.capetown.gov.za/web1/OpenDataPortal/DatasetDetail?DatasetName=Aerial%20photography >>> >>> Due to continental drift and the conversion between Hartbeeshoek94 and >>> WGS84 (as used by OSM) the imagery is *currently* around 66cm offset >>> (2016 - 1994 = 22 years. Drift ~3cm per year). I am busy processing >>> the imagery to correct this, hence the delay in getting it into OSM >>> editors. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> Grant >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-ZA mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
