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# Use raster image in JOSM

Posted by Saikat Maiti on 4 October 2016 in English.

I got a task to collect sample for my ongoing project (Cartago, Colombia) and I found that it might be helpful for OSM mapper. In JOSM we can get many TMS, WMS service, also we can use very high resolution satellite image after processing. But here I’m mentioning about the very useful plugin for JOSM called PicLayer. Using this plugin we can import simple jpeg image and we can calibrate. After doing few adjustment of the image it is working superb and solve my problem. Any one can try this!

Location: New Panvel, Panvel, Raigad, Maharashtra, 410206, India

Discussion

Comment from Rhubarb on 4 October 2016 at 10:08

PicLayer could be very handy for out of copyright paper maps.

OSM doesn’t have permission to use google maps / google aerial imagery to trace over, so please don’t use it to upload to OSM’s servers. For further info see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_don.27t_you_just_use_Google_Maps.2Fwhoever_for_your_data.3F

Comment from Saikat Maiti on 4 October 2016 at 10:22

Thank you! Actually this data will not going to upload to OSM’s server. It is only for sample based research purpose.

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