Everyone loves aerial photography. Some of its early pioneers were the James Bonds of their era. Twenty years ago people could go round neighbourhoods in England and sell people frames photographs of their houses from the air.
Today people spend hours looking at the aerial photography layer on Google Maps wondering why so many people have outdoor swimming pools in the UK..
People also like free data. And companies like data free from the Google Terms of Service even more. The successful OpenStreetMap wiki refers to what seems to be the perfect datasource – the OpenAerialMap (OAM) project, however it starts with the rather ominous opening statement:
It was available at http://openaerialmap.org/ but…