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On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Jherome Miguel <jheromemig...@gmail.com> wrote: > Finally, the long wait for more recent and detailed imagery for tracing in > OpenStreetMap, especially in Metro Manila and Calabarzon, has come. > > Mapbox Satellite has released new imagery of Metro Manila, Bulacan, > Pampanga, Cavite, Batangas, Laguna, and Quezon for tracing in > OpenStreetMap. The newly released imagery replaced cloudy imagery on > southern Metro Manila, Cavite, part of Laguna, Batangas and Rizal, and > imagery possibly taken between 2010, 2011, or 2012 (and also used by Bing) > in areas in Cavite and Laguna. Most areas of Batangas not previously > covered by Mapbox Satellite, like the rest of Lipa, Cuenca, Alitagtag, San > Jose, Batangas City, Ibaan, Lobo, and Taysan, have finally received more > recent imagery, possibly taken in early or mid-2016. This allowed more > detailed mapping and mapping the latest developments on areas in Batangas > where Bing has older coverage (e.g. western Batangas, eastern Lipa, Padre > Garcia, Rosario, and part of San Juan, which has imagery dated April 2010 > or April 2013), cloudy imagery (e.g. parts of San Jose and Ibaan) or no > imagery (e.g. western Rosario, rest of Taysan and San Juan, and some > barangays of Batangas City, near the boundary with Taysan). I took some > time to map missing features (e.g. streets of the poblacion of Taysan, some > buildings and the San Jose Cockfighting Arena in barangays Calansayan and > Aguila, San Jose, a creek near barangay Lapu-Lapu in Ibaan, an NGCP 69 kV > line near barangay Malainin, Ibaan, and the Puyat Steel Plant in barangay > Masaya, Rosario) and recent developments (Camella Solamente and San Gabriel > Power Plant in Batangas City), using the latest imagery. > > Aside from Batangas, Quezon (western areas), Bulacan, Pampanga, Bataan, > and parts of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija received new imagery. The latest > imagery in Quezon replaces the blurry imagery that once covered the areas > from Tiaong to Atimonan, including Lucena. The new imagery in Rizal > included the area from Tanay to the boundary with Laguna in Pililia, and > the 54 MW Pililia Wind Farm is shown in detail. Bulacan, which is also > covered by the past update has newer coverage, which also includes > Pampanga, Bataan, Zambales (Olongapo, including parts of Subic Bay Freeport > Zone), Tarlac (up to Tarlac City anc La Paz), and Nueva Ecija (up to > Zaragoza, Jaen, and western part of Santa Rosa) > > Happy mapping. > > --TagaSanPedroAko > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden https://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ http://twitter.com/maningsambale ------------------------------------------------------
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