Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-07 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Well, we need 10,908 km2 for Kosovo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo so 163,620 € But we dont need highres of all the farmland. I guess we would just start with the major cities. Prishtina is854 km2 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristina So that would be 12675 Euros for the c

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-07 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:52, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > Thanks, > that looks good. > If they have some type of compatible license, we can be in business. > I think it is a good proposition to raise some money in kosovo, the > benefits for the people of having maps are great. We just

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-07 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Thanks, that looks good. If they have some type of compatible license, we can be in business. I think it is a good proposition to raise some money in kosovo, the benefits for the people of having maps are great. We just need a good price! On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Simone Cortesi wrote: > O

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-07 Thread Simone Cortesi
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 21:24, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hi all, > I just found out that we cannot use any of the data from eurimage.com in osm. > We want to raise funds to buy high res photos of Kosovo for tracing. > Does anyone have any experience with this? Are there any sources we

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-06 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2010/2/6 Dave F. : > $3.1m for only 110 acres? A tad expensive maybe? > > I can't imagine the buildings being of good quality. me neither > In Manhatten, yes, but in the middle of Latvia? Something smells fishy > to me. Did the crisis hit you that hard? I mean 3.1M for 45 hectars, that's 6.89 U

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-06 Thread Dave F.
Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > >> We want to raise funds to buy high res photos of Kosovo for tracing. >> > > Sometimes you buy imagery... and sometimes you buy the place outright: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/skrunda-soviet-ghost-town

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > We want to raise funds to buy high res photos of Kosovo for tracing. Sometimes you buy imagery... and sometimes you buy the place outright: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/skrunda-soviet-ghost-town_n_450719.html Bye Frederik

Re: [OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-05 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: > I just found out that we cannot use any of the data from eurimage.com in osm. > We want to raise funds to buy high res photos of Kosovo for tracing. Read http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gaza and talk to Peter Miller who was, I believe, involved in o

[OSM-talk] Where can we purchase sat photography for usage in openstreetmap?

2010-02-05 Thread jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com
Hi all, I just found out that we cannot use any of the data from eurimage.com in osm. We want to raise funds to buy high res photos of Kosovo for tracing. Does anyone have any experience with this? Are there any sources we can use? I have also found nice photos on here http://miravi.eo.esa.int/en/