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Does anyone know if bing maps/azure maps has an option for orthorectified satellite imagery like Google maps offers?
Most of the Bing aerial imagery is orthorectified. The satellite imagery is typically not and may contain building lean. You can tell by the imagery provider whether it's aerial or satellite. Satellite providers would include Maxar and Airbus.
Thanks for this, I don't think I realised all of the imagery was automatically orthorectified. Good to know that that is the case.
Just the Aerial imagery is ortho. The satellite providers do not ortho rectify imagery. For example, compare the view in downtown Seattle which is ortho (provider Vexcel, captured from aircraft) with Moscow Russia which is not (provider Airbus, captured from Satellite). Also, even though Google calls their imagery "Satellite", much of it is sourced from aircraft flights, just like Bing.
Thanks for the examples, this makes the distinction between aerial and satellite clearer.
Orthorectification to remove building lean is not currently done, at least not at scale globally that I'm aware of in Bing/Azure Maps. The x/y, lat/lon positioning of the imagery at ground level is however corrected to ensure placement of the imagery at ground level has high accuracy.