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For most use cases it's more cost effective to use existing, slightly old imagery. On the other hand, for some use cases, it's necessary to get a very fresh ima

For most use cases it's more cost effective to use existing, slightly old imagery. On the other hand, for some use cases, it's necessary to get a very fresh image and commision an airplane flight (or drone if the area is very small) - e.g. hurricane damage mapping.

bzbarsky 8y ago
It's more cost effective if your choices are to use the two vintages of imagery, sure. I understand why imagery can be stale. My point was that OSM data can be much more accurate than the imagery. Or not, depending on location.