ArcGIS is already piggyback on OSM success. ArcGIS for iOS4 (IPhone) is using OSM.
http://www.spatiallyadjusted.com/2010/07/06/arcgis-for-ios-release/ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arcgis/id379687930?mt=8 Noli On 7/11/10, maning sambale <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a way to request/demand bing to allow imagery tracing? > (Doesn't like MS to simply piggyback on our success, they should > definitely help in expanding mapping.) > > On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Update on high-resolution imagery (I did a random search) so this will not >> be complete: >> >> 1. The original coverage of Metro Manila area (same extent as with Yahoo!) >> 2. Central Cavite (Naic to Silang), southeastern Laguna (San Pedro to Los >> Banos), mideastern Batangas (Santo Tomas to Batangas City, including >> Lipa), >> Parts of southern Rizal (Pililla and Talim Island) [this overlaps with #1] >> 3. Cebu City, 90% of Mactan Island, eastern Talisay, Mandaue >> 4. Legazpi up to Tiwi, Malilipot, Tabaco, Guinobatan, Daraga, Jovellar, >> down >> to Donsol (Sorsogon); Mayon summit is covered with clouds >> 5. Downtown Iloilo towards Oton and southern Mandurriao >> 6. Zamboanga City up to Pasonanca, and the southeastern islands >> 7. Cagayan de Oro >> 8. Downtown Puerto Princesa, *not* including Honda Bay >> 9. Tacloban (including San Juanico Bridge) down to Dulag (Bing has >> downtown >> Palo which Google doesn't) >> 10. Iligan down to the northern shore of Lake Lanao (almost all of Agno >> River is covered) >> 11. Cotabato City and nearby parts of Maguindanao and North Cotabato >> 12. Puerto Galera (I'm surprised!) >> >> There is NO coverage for Davao. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 3:53 AM, Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> 1. Bing Maps might offer an OSM layer in two weeks time (Tweet: >>> http://twitter.com/StevenFeldman/statuses/18185112894) >>> >>> 2. More importantly, Bing is considering letting OSMers trace from Bing's >>> satellite imagery (but not yet). >>> (http://twitter.com/melaskia/status/18185271681) >>> >>> As of November 2007, Bing Maps only has satellite imagery in the Metro >>> Manila area, as I blogged back then: >>> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/posts/barasoain_from_space >>> My blog post links to a KML file I made showing the extent of Yahoo!'s >>> and >>> Microsoft's satellite imagery in the Philippines: >>> http://vaes9.codedgraphic.com/media/ymaps_livemaps_satellite_coverage_v1.0.kml >>> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> >> > > > > -- > cheers, > maning > ------------------------------------------------------ > "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden > wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ > blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph > _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
