Sentinel-2
Sentinel-2 is an ESA programme of earth observation satellites. Among others, it provides worldwide 10 m resolution colour imagery.
The resolution is higher than Landsat, but lower than Bing, Mapbox etc.
Licence
See sentinel.esa.int/documents/247904/690755/Sentinel_Data_Legal_Notice
EU law grants free access to Copernicus Sentinel Data and Service Information for the purpose of the following use in so far as it is lawful:
- (a) reproduction;
- (b) distribution;
- (c) communication to the public;
- (d) adaptation, modification and combination with other data and information;
- (e) any combination of points (a) to (d).
Sentinel data is already listed as available to OSM, at: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Contributors#EU_Copernicus_.28GMES.29_data
Advantages
- Worldwide coverage in 10 m resolution and full colour
- Very recent, imagery updated between every month to every two weeks and available just a few days after sensing date
Disadvantages
- Published data needs to be processed into usable background imagery by the end user
- Tiles may be cloud covered, check the thumbnails before processing
- Resolution only sufficient to trace major roads and landuse features.
Usage
In editors
- For the EOx cloudless Sentinel-2 layer, activate directly in JOSM. For use with other programs, such as iD, use
https://tiles.maps.eox.at?LAYERS=s2cloudless-2020_3857&STYLES=&FORMAT=image/jpeg&SRS={proj}&WIDTH={width}&HEIGHT={height}&BBOX={bbox}&VERSION=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetMap.
For the latest 2021 cloudless version add a new WMTS layer using the address https://s2maps-tiles.eu/wmts/1.0.0/WMTSCapabilities.xml . - Replace the "2020_3857" above with "2019_3857" for the 2019 cloudless version, etc for prior years. See also the WMTS and WMS links on https://s2maps.eu/ for other mosaic endpoints (do note that the licensing of the other mosaics is disputed and may be technically/legally unfit for tracing).
- If you need the maximum possible resolution or more recent imagery, you can download unprocessed data directly from ESA and convert it to a background layer. See User:Ff5722/Using Sentinel-2 imagery.
- A plugin to use Sentinel Hub backgrounds directly with JOSM is proposed, see ticket #14921
Preview
The following links are for preview only and are not licensed for OSM use.
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