Another year has passed since my last entry, and it’s about two years ago that I resided in Bonaire for half a year. I want to visit again, but there’s that man on the side of my shoulder whispering things about a sustainable world :) (Meaning I can’t simply visit for a couple of weeks, but should stay for a longer period of time.)

Last year (2024), the Dutch government made high resolution aerial photos of Bonaire. I’ve already updated and mapped several areas based on this. As this information is both high resolution and recent it is very useful for mapping. You can find more information about this on https://www.beeldmateriaal.nl/dataroom-caribisch-nederland

In 2023 I stayed at the Hausmann Follies apartment complex. To compare the image quality, look at these photos:

Bing resolution:

Esri resolution:

Dutch government resolution (2024):

As you can see, it’s quite the difference in how good we’re able to map buildings, infrastructure, etc.

To use the high and newest quality in the iD editor, you can look at this topic: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/dataroom-caribisch-nederland/123206/5