improved aerial imagery zoom and bounds

[Andrew Johnson]

Hey Morrie and everyone,

I realized I had configured the new aerial source wrong, and it wasn't zooming nearly as well as it can.

If you have the CalTopo Aerial source added, delete it by swiping it in the map list, and then re-add it.

You will then have an additional couple zoom levels of depth! I also fixed the fact that it was only covering California.

Regards,

Andrew

Andrew Johnson

Co-founder

www.GaiaGPS.com

415 335 7447

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:22 AM, Morrie <mor...@thegassers.com> wrote:

What I tend to use the aerial photos for mostly is determining where
old mining roads go, as often they are easier to see in the photos
than on the ground (even when I'm on one!).  Unfortunately these
single-track roads are just a bit too fuzzy at the current resolution
to make out clearly in many circumstances.  Yes, at least twice the
resolution at 4x the cost would be needed.  I'd gladly pay extra to
get resolution equal to what Google Earth provides.

On Apr 1, 2:14 pm, Andrew Johnson <and...@gaiagps.com> wrote:
> Yeah, probably still are a couple of blank quads.
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> We could cache it out to more detail I think, but then it quadruples our
> storage costs, and it gets kind of nuts.
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> Andrew Johnson
> Co-founderwww.GaiaGPS.com
> 415 335 7447
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> On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Morrie <mor...@thegassers.com> wrote:
> > This looks pretty good.  It doesn't approach the level of detail on
> > Google Maps,
> > so I'll have to see if it's good enough to work for me in the field,
> > but it's
> > way better than nothing.
>
> > I found a blank space on the map at 38.432167, -110.456349
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> > On Mar 31, 5:51 pm, Andrew Johnson <and...@gaiagps.com> wrote:
> > > Hey folks,
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> > > I wanted to let you know that we have an aerial server up and running,
> > and
> > > it is mostly complete for the continental US. Currently, you can add the
> > > source (CalTopo Aerial) from Settings->Help->Add Topo Sources.
>
> > > There are other adhoc aerial sources available as well, but for this one,
> > > we have an agreement with CalTopo, and we can be confident that it will
> > be
> > > available, and we can make improvements to it as well.
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> > > Other Notes:
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> > >    - In v6.4, this source will be a default source, and we are likely
> > going
> > >    to remove the Google satellite source, since it can't be downloaded
> > or used
> > >    with our tracking code.
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> > >    - To my eye at least, these aerials have much better contrast than the
> > >    ESRI source.
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> > >    - I also linked the MapQuest aerial and OSM sources in Settings->Help.
> > >    The OSM source is very pretty.
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> > > Please let us know if you have any comments or questions - if you see any
> > > odd artifacts in the maps, please let us know the coordinates.
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> > > Regards,
> > > Andrew
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> > > Andrew Johnson
> > > Co-founderwww.GaiaGPS.com
> > > 415 335 7447

[Andrew Johnson]

Good to hear! I will check out that spot again and see what Matt says - maybe it will be filled soon.

Andrew Johnson

Co-founder

www.GaiaGPS.com

415 335 7447

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Morrie <mor...@thegassers.com> wrote:

Excellent!  This is way better!  There's still that empty area at the location I mentioned (which is, unfortunately, right where I plan to go in a few months) but for the most part it's as good as Google, except in areas where Google has super-high resolution.

[Matt Jacobs]

Morrie -

The missing quad at 38.4x-110.4 is fixed.  I think you'll have to delete the surrounding tiles and then redownload them in order for it to look right.

- Matt

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Morrie <mor...@thegassers.com> wrote:

Excellent!  This is way better!  There's still that empty area at the location I mentioned (which is, unfortunately, right where I plan to go in a few months) but for the most part it's as good as Google, except in areas where Google has super-high resolution.

On Wednesday, April 4, 2012 7:43:10 PM UTC-4, Andrew Johnson wrote: