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The MapScaping Podcast - GIS, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, earth observation and digital geography

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How to Add Buildings to an Open Street Map

OSM uses satellite imagery to predict what buildings will look like in an area. Users can then click on a building and have it converted into a perspective feature that they can add straight to the map. It's kind of amazing, reminds me of those captures that you have to solve to sort of prove that you're a human. Yes, it's kind of like that, except with the captures, we don't really have a good notion whether a building is actually right or wrong.

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