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I've noticed that whenever the satellite images of certain places get updated, they shift slightly from where they were previously.

This makes all the old areas that have been mapped a little off of the new images.

Does anyone know if this affects the way things are mapped in-game? I get annoyed and my OCD starts to kick in and I want to adjust everything, but it would take far too long.

It makes mapping new areas that connect to the old ones difficult because you have to try to connect the new satellite that is moved over to the old areas and sometimes it doesn't look right or line up.

Asked by Elektron6 years 11 months ago
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by SphiNx 6 years 11 months ago

No, and please don't edit osm data before you learn at least the very basic things. And please only use JOSM, other editors are viable only for tag editing.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Imagery_Offset_Database
> Every armchair mapper should know that all remotely-sensed imagery (e.g. satellite images and aerial photos) and other sources, except GPS traces, are usually poorly aligned with respect to reality.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/True_Offset_Process
>Not all background imagery used for tracing is accurately aligned
>Many (most?) users are unaware that editors allow alignment of misaligned background imagery
>Users wishing to correctly align background imagery often lack sufficiently dependable information to use for realignment

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Using_Imagery

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Thanks for the info.

I'm pretty experienced with using OSM, been using it for a few years now. I just wasn't sure of some of the technical sides.

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