Ahh, sorry, but Microsoft defintely didn't donate the images to OSM (they don't even own the images in the first place), for example building your own server with bing tiles would and is clearly a no no.

They do allow tracing from images provided by their services, which is why they can be integrated in JOSM and Potlatch. From a practical point of view, I don't believe anybody will really complain about one-off printing of the images, but it's not really covered by the license.

Simon

Am 03.03.2011 09:46, schrieb Roman Fischer:

Stéphane,

Microsoft has "donated" the bing images to OSM. We can officially use Bing images to draw and improve OSM. :)

Regards Roman

Quoting Stéphane Dewarrat s.dewarrat@cvra.ch:

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Hello!

I've that on Walking Papers we can "print" a map with 'bing aerial imagery', you scan it and can edit directly with osm/potlatch. Is it legal? I didn't find any legal information about these aerial images.

Example: http://walking-papers.org/print.php?id=rx9v5vqb this is in preparation for Rencontre Vaudoise du 5.3.11 : http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/RencontreVaudoise20110305

Best regards

Stéphane

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I would actually recommend the current JOSM version.

In particular because the bing imagery is very unevenly georeferenced (you should always check against existing GPS tracks anyway) and nearly always needs some local adjusting. JOSM allows you to bookmark the necessary displacements, I don't believe this is currently possible with Potlatch.

Simon

Am 03.03.2011 11:01, schrieb Stéphane Dewarrat:

Hi,

To use these images, I find that we can simply use Potlatch 2: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Bing#Bing_aerial_imagery_in_OpenStreetMap...

(to use it, you should changes your settings in osm)

Regards

Stéphane

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