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using satelite photos on Merkaartor?

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How can I use the satelite photos of the online Potlach 2 editor in Merkaartor?

asked 23 Aug '12, 15:41

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By default Potlatch 2 shows satellite (and aeroplane) photos provided by bing who kindly give permission to derive vector map data for OpenStreetMap.

To enable bing imagery in the merkaartor editor:

  1. Create a new layer via the menu Create → Add new Image layer. If you already have an image layer, skip to the next step.
  2. Change the image layer's source to Bing via the menu Layer → Map → Plugins → Bing.

(That's according to https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing#Merkaartor)

answered 23 Aug '12, 18:18

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edited 23 Aug '12, 18:19

Source code available on GitHub .