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> Normally this means no copying from Google Maps or Google's satellite or street-level imagery.

Just to note for general use that the standard web-editor for OSM pulls in Bing satellite imagery. So one can use satellite imagery without having to rely on Google or risk that type of legal issue.

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There's several different satellite/aerial mosaics available. They often differ in resolution and freshness, so it pays to check which one best matches what you are trying to map.

Maxar (formerly DigitalGlobe), Mapbox and ESRI are additional global layers, and in many places there are local imagery sources that can be both the highest quality and the freshest.