Another useful tool might be to have a repository of local imagery servers that can automatically become available when in an appropriate area.
For instance, I use the 2014 NAIP imagery via a WMS server in JOSM. It’s only 1m resolution, but it’s great for double checking that nothing has changed. At smaller zoom levels, that might actually be a preferable default to always using bing, and having the imagery change, combined with imagery dates, draws attention to the fact that things might not always be current. d. > On Jun 11, 2015, at 07:54, Bryan Housel <br...@7thposition.com> wrote: > > There is an open item in iD to display the date of the aerial imagery > alongside the attribution message. We actually don’t get this from most tile > providers, but we can get it from Bing in the response header. > > Would definitely welcome a pull request if someone wants to take a shot at > implementing this. > https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2492 > <https://github.com/openstreetmap/iD/issues/2492> > > Thanks, Bryan > > > >> On Jun 11, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Kam, Kristen <krist...@telenav.com >> <mailto:krist...@telenav.com>> wrote: >> >> We need to make it more easier to load up-to-date imagery to our OSM >> editing applications. And I think something easy as publicizing the date of >> the imagery collection would get folks to do a double take before using >> older imagery. >> >> Kristen >> >> Sent from OWA on Android >> ________________________________________ >> From: Richard Welty <rwe...@averillpark.net <mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net>> >> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 6:42:29 AM >> To: Talk Openstreetmap; Help for newbie mappers >> Subject: [Talk-us] a plea to armchair mappers >> >> please, please when doing the armchair mapping thing, be aware >> that aerial imagery may be several years out of date. >> >> yesterday i discovered that a highway reconfiguration i'd mapped >> in Rensselaer, NY had been realigned with the out-of-date bing >> aerial imagery. i was able to locate my GPX tracks and put it back, >> but i still had to revisit the site to re-verify some connecting roads. >> >> i had even put a README tag on the roads warning that the >> imagery was out of date, but the armchair mapper didn't bother >> to, you know, read the README. >> >> i don't object to careful armchair mapping, i do it myself, but >> you need to keep in mind that the imagery available may a number >> of years old. i can name a number of highways in the Capital District >> of NY where the imagery is old and the highways have been realigned >> and/or reconfigured. this will be true in many places. if you see a >> mismatch, it would be a good idea to look at the history and try to >> contact the the mapper responsible for the mismatch first. >> >> thanks, >> richard >> >> -- >> rwe...@averillpark.net <mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net> >> Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting >> OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux >> Java - Web Applications - Search >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-us mailing list >> Talk-us@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
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