Sign me up to help get the map tile server set up and running. I am glad to get it set up and admin it to get started while workflow shakes out.
Disclaimer: I have no idea how to do either of the above, but I learn fast. Cheers, Blake On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Mikel Maron <mikel.ma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey > > A few notes from talking this through with Josh > > * Requests for SkyBox imagery would go through the usual HOT imagery > coordination process > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/HOT_activation#Imagery_Coordination > * Use of SkyBox imagery for HOT activations would be coordinated through > tasking manager projects. > * The listing of all SkyBox for good requests is at > https://mapsengine.google.com/00979750194450688595-08887688179650036554-4/mapview/?authuser=0. > We'd go through the coordination processes above, if a HOT activation wanted > to use existing imagery. > * At the moment, there is no tile service. HOT would need to set up tiles > from a downloaded GeoTIFF. > > Hope that clears things up. > > Btw, would be good to simply set up a test with one of the SkyBox for good > GeoTIFFs, to see how it compares with Bing georeferencing and resolution. > > Best > Mikel > > > * Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron > > > > > On Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:34 AM, Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr> > wrote: > > > > These are great news for HOT Activations. > > In the context of the Ebola outbreak, we have large territories to cover in > West Africa. There are various areas not yet well covered with high-res > imagery. With the sudden resurgence in various areas, we have to try to find > rapidly imagery. Imagery could be also helpful to do some prevention > mapping in areas at risk, with limitroph regions having a spread of the > epidemy. There are areas in east Guinea and West Ivory Coast with no > high-res imagery. > > We have the capacity to mount a tms server. If there are Skymap imagery > archives, What would help us is to have access to a catalog of metadata for > this imagery and a protocol to request for imagery. > > regard > > Pierre > > ________________________________ > De : Michael Collinson <m...@ayeltd.biz> > À : Satoshi IIDA <nyamp...@gmail.com>; Pat Tressel <ptres...@myuw.net> > Cc : hot <hot@openstreetmap.org> > Envoyé le : Samedi 22 novembre 2014 2h52 > Objet : Re: [HOT] Skybox for Good imagery > > Hi Satoshi, > > Yes. My fault for delaying this but now done. Hence Josh' announcement. I > am happy that: > > The provider is aware of what we will do with their imagery and data derived > from it. > The provider has given their explicit permission to include derived data > into the OSM database. > The proposed attribution mechanism, adding source to tags and/or change sets > is practical, (the imagery will only be released in the context of HOT > projects). I have also added a new section for HOT under > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Attribution . > > > Mike > LWG > > > > On 22/11/2014 01:15, Satoshi IIDA wrote: > > > Hello, > > As my understanding, using Skybox imagery is a task for LWG currently. > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2014-October/071318.html > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2014-October/071320.html > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk/2014-October/071295.html > > Are there any progress since the discussion? > > > > 2014-11-22 8:43 GMT+09:00 Pat Tressel <ptres...@myuw.net>: > > Josh -- > > As some of you may be aware, we recently announced the Skybox for Good > program. > > We know that some of this imagery can be especially useful in Crisis > Response situations, and therefore we are explicitly authorizing usage of > Skybox for Good imagery in any current HOT Activation, under the condition > that changesets and/or features that are derived from Skybox for Good > imagery and committed to OSM are attributed to Skybox. > > > That's fantastic news!! > > Ok, folks, who gets to send the formal Thank You....? I bet that's the > communications working group. And I also bet it's safe to infer a whole > bunch of individual thank-yous. ;-) > > > This could, for example, include the method of attributing Skybox as the > "source", or a similar method deemed appropriate by HOT. > > > We had that older thread about imagery tagging, where it came down to > "source" (used since forever) and the new, automatically-added > "imagery_used" tag in iD, which, it was pointed out, might not be accurate > if the user switches imagery temporarily -- would have to see what iD does > in that case. One thought -- maybe it would be good to add "imagery_used" > in JOSM with the same behavior as iD, just so they're consistent. We'd keep > adding source, but imagery_used would be there as a fallback. Task > validators can also check for a source tag, since a task usually specifies a > set of imagery. > > -- Pat > > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > > -- > Satoshi IIDA > mail: nyamp...@gmail.com > twitter: @nyampire > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
