Would application of notions described in http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/True_Offset_Process (i.e. recording of offsets in a formal manner) be practical and useful here? I have not reviewed all messages in this thread, so I do not know if this has already been brought up. --ceyockey ([email protected]) (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Ceyockey)
-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Dec 7, 2010 10:15 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: talk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 20 > >Today's Topics: > > 3. Bing maps is misplaced (Jaak Laineste) > >Message: 3 >Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:26:33 +0200 >From: Jaak Laineste <[email protected]> >To: OSM <[email protected]> >Subject: [OSM-talk] Bing maps is misplaced >Message-ID: > <[email protected]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It is good news that Bing aerials are available. The bad news is that >Bing has made exactly the same mistake as Google, who has managed to >misplace aerials in some areas in the beginning of September 2009. >They are shifted about 20-25 meters, which makes them quite unusable >for tracing.anything more than big roads. > >Maybe they use same flawed source for aerials? > >Affected area is Estonia, for example, and also some surrounding >regions. It is easily seen even in Google and Bing own map services - >when you switch to hybrid view. I put my quick analysis with examples >to >http://www.maakaart.ee/index.php/summary-in-english/google-and-bing-maps-errors > > >-- >Jaak Laineste > > > >End of talk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 20 >************************************ _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
