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To me it seems that OpenStreetView was made especially as an answer for Mapillary. Mapillary has almost 80 million photos uploaded by enthusiasts, who did it fr
by hyperknot 10y ago
To me it seems that OpenStreetView was made especially as an answer for Mapillary. Mapillary has almost 80 million photos uploaded by enthusiasts, who did it free charge.
Yet, even for a simple embed on a website, you have to pay them $99 / month. Using the images for custom maps: $249 / month.
Accessing the data is not publicly available, but is probably in the range of enterprise pricing options, only listed as "Contact Us". To me this seems to be the opposite of the OSM model and there is a huge need for a OSV like platform.
- kayvansylvan 10y agoExactly. OSV is totally about being Open and free (as in both freedom and price).
- toomuchtodo 10y agoCan OSV/OSM contribute the same resources to their project as Mapillary is contributing to their own?
- Doctor_Fegg 10y agoMapillary is VC-backed. OSV is backed by Telenav, a publicly traded location services company. Your call as to which is the more sustainable model! (The OSM Foundation has no connection with either project and is traditionally focused on its core task of collecting and distributing openly-licensed vector geodata.)
- boise 10y agoIs it free to use OSV images and data in commercial projects?
- Doctor_Fegg 10y agoImages are openly licensed. Data licence hasn't been published yet but the project creators are making encouraging noises (e.g. in the comments thread of the linked post).