Re:Grab is messing up OpenStreetMap data in Southeast Asia
by kozikow on Thursday December 20, 2018 @07:32PM
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For most use cases it's more cost effective to use existing, slightly old imagery. On the other hand, for some use cases, it's necessary to get a very fresh image and commision an airplane flight (or drone if the area is very small) - e.g. hurricane damage mapping.
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Re:Grab is messing up OpenStreetMap data in Southeast Asia
by bzbarsky on Friday December 21, 2018 @12:50AM
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It's more cost effective if your choices are to use the two vintages of imagery, sure. I understand why imagery can be stale.
My point was that OSM data can be much more accurate than the imagery. Or not, depending on location.